electric charges move from positive to negative or negative to positive?

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Dear student,
Electrons actually move through a wire from the negative terminal of a battery to the positive terminal; electrons are negatively charged.student,

A positive charge placed in an electric field will tend to move in the direction of the electric field lines and a negative charge will tend to move opposite to the direction of the electric field lines.

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