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An alternating current consists of charges that?
move back and forth in a circuit. :)
Charges can not move freely through?
Insulators.
What is a cunductor?
A conductor is a material in which charges can move easily.
The pathway taken by an electric current is a?
The term is "circuit" (from the same root as circle) An electric circuit must be uninterrupted for the current to flow. (This is why circuit-breakers are also called circuit-interruptors.)
How does the movement of electrons between two objects cause buildup of electric charges?
Electrons are negatively charged, they don't have to move to be that. If they do move in an otherwise electrically neutral material, they leave behind an imbalance in charge that is positive. The question is poorly worded, possibly because of confusion, but in reality, nothing creates any charge, ever - charge is a fact of nature, it is always present and does not change. All that may change is the balance of positive and negative charges in any one spot.
An alternating current consists of charges that?
move back and forth in a circuit. :)
How charges move in a circuit?
Along a loop with no beginning and no end.
What are the steps that describe the movement of electric charges in a closed circuit?
Charges leave the dry cell. Charges move through the switch. Charges move from the switch to the light. Charges move through the light bulb. Charges move through the wire leading back to the dry cell.
What makes electric charges move through wires in an electric circuit?
A voltage.
Do charges move around a circuit due to electrostatic forces or potential difference?
Yes to both.
What will happen to the charges in a circuit a when a switch is closed?
the electrons are not allowed to enter into the circuit.
Why charges exit a circuit with less energy they had when they entered the circut?
resistance in the circuit
Does a battery supply the electrons in an electric circuit?
No, is it incorrect to say that a battery produces the charges that circulate in a circuit. Some might suggest that a battery is a current source, but the battery should most properly be considered a voltage source. It generates the electromotive force (emf or voltage) that causes charges to move. (It does this through electrochemical reactions.) The charges that circulate in a circuit (which might be termed the current flow) are already in the conductor and components. All the battery does is produce the voltage (the force) to move charges. Let's look at current flow and see why things might be best looked at in the manner we've stated.Note that the way a battery moves charges is to "inject" an electron into the circuit where it is tied to the negative terminal of that battery. The electron causes one electron in the circuit at the terminal to "move over" and that will cause another electron to "move over" and so on. This will continue until the "last electron" in the circuit at the positive terminal of the battery leaves the circuit and "goes into" the battery. Current flow in the circuit is like musical chairs with electrons everywhere in the circuit "moving over a space" to cause the current flow.Having gone through all that, it should be easier to see why a battery probably should not be considered the producer of charges that circulate in a circuit. Rather, the battery is the source of the voltage that drives the charges (the current) in the circuit.
What flow of charges is the same at any point?
Current in a series circuit is a flow of charges that is equal at any point in the circuit.
What does voltage do to charges in a circuit?
yeah about that...
How do series circuit work?
A series circuit has more than one resistor (anything that uses electricity to do work) and gets its name from only having one path for the charges to move along. Charges must move in "series" first going to one resistor then the next. If one of the items in the circuit is broken then no charge will move through the circuit because there is only one path. There is no alternative route. Old style electric holiday lights were often wired in series. If one bulb burned out, the whole string of lights went off.
What occurs when a pathway through which electrical charges can move forms suddenly?
If that pathway is to ground, it is called a short circuit. It should blow fuses or circuit breakers but can cause fires if protective devices are not functioning right.
