Question

How does the electric current flow in a circuit?

Answer 1

The electrons, the charge carriers in an electrical circuit, flow in the opposite direction of the conventional electric current. In a conductive material, the moving charged particles which constitute the electric current are called charge carriers. The direction of an electric current is by convention the direction in which a positive charge would move. Thus, the current in the external circuit is directed away from the positive terminal and toward the negative terminal of the battery. Electrons would actually move through the wires in the opposite direction.