(a) What is an electric current ? What makes an electric current flow in a wire ?

(b) Define the unit of electric current (or Define ampere).

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(a) An electric currrent is a flow of electric charges (electrons) through a conductor. Potential difference between the ends of the wire makes electric current to flow in the wire. 

(b) When 1 coulomb of charge flows through any cross-section of a conductor in 1 second, the electric current flowing through it is said to be 1 ampere.

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