Electrons are important to electric current because they are able to
carry a positive charge with them as they are transferred from one atom to the next creating electric current.
move from one atom to another; the atom that loses an electron becomes positively charged and the atom that gains an electron becomes negatively charged.
shift from one atom to another creating a change in the charge of the atom from a negative to a positive.
change from a positive charge to a negative charge when transferred from the one atom to the next as the atom becomes an ion.