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What path does electricity take when flowing through a circuit?
Electricity flows through a circuit in a closed loop, starting at the power source (such as a battery or outlet), moving through the wires, passing through components like resistors or light bulbs, and returning back to the power source to complete the circuit.
A complete path through which electricity flows such as from the power source to a lamp through the lamp and back to the power source is a?
Circuit
How does the battery current flow in an electrical circuit?
In an electrical circuit, the battery current flows from the positive terminal of the battery, through the circuit components, and back to the negative terminal of the battery in a continuous loop.
How does electricity flow through a circuit?
Electricity flows through a circuit when a power source, like a battery, creates a voltage difference that pushes electrons through a closed loop of conductive materials, such as wires. The electrons move from the negative terminal of the power source, through the circuit components, and back to the positive terminal, creating a continuous flow of electrical current.
When electricity flows back and forth you call it?
Alternating current.
What is the path that the electricity takes from its source to a load and back?
Electricity travels from the source, typically a power plant or generator, through transmission lines to a substation. From the substation, it is distributed through distribution lines to the load, such as a home or business. Once the electricity powers the load, it flows back through the system to complete the circuit.
How does electricity move through a circuit?
Electricity moves through a circuit by flowing from the power source, such as a battery or outlet, through the wires and components in the circuit, and back to the power source. This flow of electricity is driven by the voltage difference between the positive and negative terminals of the power source.
What is a circular path that electricity flows in?
A circular path that electricity flows in is called an electrical circuit. In a circuit, electricity flows from a power source, through wires or conductive materials, and back to the power source in a continuous loop. Components such as switches, resistors, and lights can be connected in the circuit to control the flow of electricity and perform specific functions.
How does electricity flow around a series circuit?
Imagine a series circuit consisting of a battery, a wire from its negative terminal to a lamp, and another wire from its positive terminal to the lamp. The electricity would flow from the battery's negative terminal to the lamp and then back to the positive terminal of the battery: it's always negative to positive. Scientists were not aware of this until long after electricity discovered. They thought electricity flows from positive to negative and this was accepted for a long time. When someone asks you to use conventional current, it means assume the current flows from positive to negative, which is the opposite of what happens in reality. The negative terminal (the technical name for this is cathode) of an electrical energy supply, such as a battery, releases electrons with energy in them. These electrons drift to the appliance (i.e. the lamp in this case). The lamp then uses the energy in the electrons to produce light and heat before letting the electrons out on the other side. These electrons have little or no energy but they would drift back to the battery to regain energy and the cycle continues until the battery is depleted of energy. The electrons leave the lamp at the speed at which they enter the lamp.
What can be used to power a light bulb or appliances and can travel only in a closed circuit?
Electricity, generated from a power source such as a battery or generator, is used to power light bulbs and appliances. It travels in a closed circuit from the power source through the wires to the device and back to complete the circuit. This flow of electricity is what enables the devices to work and produce light or perform their intended functions.
What is the job of a wire in a torch?
To conduct the flow of electrons/electricity from the battery to the bulb and back.
If you had a battery running a fan and a magnet and copper coil mechanism attached to the fan generating electricity and running back to the battery Would it not run longer?
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