Charge and current. Electric current is the rate of flow of electric charge. No current can flow if the circuit is broken - for example, when a switch is open. An electric current flows when electrons move through a conductor, such as a metal wire. Metals are good conductors of electricity.
Gingery Log cabin, Atlantic, Iowa. Atlantic is a city in, and the county seat of, Cass County, Iowa, United States, located along the East Nishnabotna River. The population was 7,112 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 7,257 population in the 2000 census.
Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Getty Images. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Mid-Atlantic, or Middle Atlantic, is a subdivision of the Northeast Region of the country and comprised of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. North and east of the Mid-Atlantic states is the division referred to as New England, while below it are the South Atlantic states.