What does a battery do in an electric circuit?

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Correct answer: B. provides the energy to push charge around a circuit

A battery provides the energy to push charge around a circuit.
Answer: provides the energy to push charge around a circuit.
Why not the others: limits the current in a circuit: that is what a resistor does. opens or closes a circuit: that is what a switch does. melts to break a circuit when the current is too high: that is what a fuse does.

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