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Flow of electrical current in a wire is analogous to the flow of water in a pipe. True False

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TRUE

In a wire, negatively charged electrons move, and positively charged atoms don't. Electrical engineers say that, in an electrical circuit, electricity flows one direction: out of the positive terminal of a battery and back into the negative terminal.

A lot of people think of electron flow as electrons moving along a wire freely like cars go down a highway.

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