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What is electric current?
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An electric current consists of
charges in motion from one region to another. |
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Describe what an electric circuit is?
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When this motion takes place
It is current within a conducting path that forms a closed loop, the path is called an electric circuit. |
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What is the primary purpose of an electric circuit?
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Fundamentally, electric circuits are a means for conveying energy from one
place to another. As charged particles move within a circuit, electric potential energy is transferred from a source (such as a battery or generator) to a device in which that energy is either stored or converted to another form: into sound in a stereo system or into heat and light in a toaster or light bulb. |
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