Answer:
In a discharging battery or galvanic cell (diagram at right), the anode is the negative terminal because it is where conventional current flows into the cell.
Explanation
In the lab. construct two half cells, one a zinc half cell and the other a copper half cell.
The zinc metal electrode will more readily ionise to Zn^2+ ion , then the copper metal.
This is because in the reactivity series zinc is more reactive metal.
Hence
connecting the two half cells, the zinc cell is put on the left and the copper half cell on the right.
Connect a wire and voltmeters between the electrodes, and a salt bridge between the two metal ion solutions.
Since the zinc is on the left and loses its electrons more readily the electrons flow from the electrode through the wire and voltmeter to the copper electrode. So the electrons flow from r
left to right.
The conventional eq'n is
Zn|Zn^2+||Cu^2+|Cu
The electrons move into the copper electrode combine with copper solution to form more copper metal, which deposits on the copper electrode.
