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title: "What is electricity, and how does it flow?"  
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# What is electricity, and how does it flow?



## Answers

### Answer by Guzel Mukhametova

Electricity is the flow of electric charge, usually carried by tiny particles called electrons moving through a conductor like copper wire.

For current to flow, there must be a complete path, called a circuit, and a source of energy, such as a battery or power station, that pushes the electrons along. Voltage is the push, current is the rate of flow, and resistance is how much a material opposes that flow. Ohm’s law links them: voltage equals current multiplied by resistance.


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