When a Battery Is Used to Light Up a Lightbulb

Multiple Choice

When a battery is used to light up a lightbulb,

A) electric charge builds up within the bulb, causing the bulb to light up.
B) electric charge builds up on the battery terminals but none of it actually flows through the bulb.
C) all the electrical current produced by the battery is consumed by the bulb.
D) the amount of electrical current flowing into one side of the battery is equal to the amount flowing out of the other side.
E) some of the electrical current produced by the battery is consumed by the bulb, and the rest flows back into the battery.