Electric charge and current

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In the previous electricity videos, we looked at electric charges that don’t move.  These charges are called static charges.  Here, we’ll start to look at charges that do move.

A flow of electric charge is called an electric current – the greater the rate at which electric charge is passing a particular point, the greater the current.  In this video, we’ll explain this idea in more detail, before going on to look at and work through a few examples in the use of the key equation Q = I t.

Key Words

flow of charge, cell, charge, current, coulomb, amp