When an electric current flows through a long conductor does each free electron move from one end of the conductor to the other?

Answer 1

atom's are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. protons are positively charged, electrons are negatively charged, and neutrons have no charge. electrons orbit the the positively charged nucleolus and are held tight in orbit because of the nucleus. electrons farthest from the nucleus are called free electrons, and are free to leave. copper is a good conductor because the free electrons are not strongly attracted to the nucleus. a battery has excessive electrons on on side(neg), and not enough on the other side(pos). connect a copper wire between one side, thorugh a load, and to the other side, and free electrons move from one atom to another, like balls bouncing off each other in one direction, as long as this difference in electrons from one point to another exist. thus we have a current flow.........