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Q: What do you call electricity that flows in two directions?
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When does electricity flow through a solid electrical conductor?

When the two ends of the conductor are connected to a source of EMF, electricity flows through it.


Difference between static electricity and dynamic electricity?

There are two types of electricity; dynamic and static electricity. The main difference between these two types is that in static electricity, the electrons do not move but in dynamic electricity, the electrons move either in changing directions or in one direction.


Why cant nothing be charged by static electricity?

Not sure what you are asking. You have used two fine negative words in the question, so interpretation is difficult."Why can't anything be charged by static electricity?"Static means stationary. Once the static electricity is given the chance to flow, it is dissipated. If I charge myself with static electricity by rubbing my shoes on a synthetic carpet, then I have "trapped" the electricity - it is static or still. When I touch my friend on the ear or hand, the electricity flows to her with a zap and is lost to the ground.Electricity that is generated or from a battery flows continuously in a circuit it is not dissipated.


What is difference between positive and negative conductor?

There is no positive and negative conductor. There are just two ends of a conductor, namely positive and negative. It is usually said that electricity flows from the positive to the negative side of a conductor, but scientists have discovered, that current consists of electrons that always flows from the negative to the positive side.


How do you test a single phase motor?

So far we've only seen circuits that allow a single path for electricity to flow-but it doesn't HAVE to! Here's a picture of what we call a parallel circuit. See how there's one power source and two electrical devices?Conductor wires connect the battery to each bulb independently. Since the electricity can either go into the first bulb and light it up, or on to the next bulb and light that one . . . it does both! Some electricity flows to each bulb, distributing the power equally to both. So parallel circuits have more than one path for electricity to follow!

Related questions

What is the name for an electrical current that flows in two directions?

parallel circuit


When does electricity flow through a solid electrical conductor?

When the two ends of the conductor are connected to a source of EMF, electricity flows through it.


Difference between static electricity and dynamic electricity?

There are two types of electricity; dynamic and static electricity. The main difference between these two types is that in static electricity, the electrons do not move but in dynamic electricity, the electrons move either in changing directions or in one direction.


When electricity flows through a light bulb it is converted into what two forms of energy?

kinetic energy and light energy.


What is the direction of blood flow in a fish and a human?

fish have a single circuit heart while mammals have two chambered heart but in both blood flows in two directions


What do call a figure with two arrow heads that can extended indefinitely both directions?

A Line


Why does a bulb have two terminal?

Garden bulbs do not have to terminals they have a shoot at one end and roots at the other. Light bulbs have two terminals because the filament needs to be part of a circuit so the electricity can flow. The terminals are where the electricity flows in and out.


Why cant nothing be charged by static electricity?

Not sure what you are asking. You have used two fine negative words in the question, so interpretation is difficult."Why can't anything be charged by static electricity?"Static means stationary. Once the static electricity is given the chance to flow, it is dissipated. If I charge myself with static electricity by rubbing my shoes on a synthetic carpet, then I have "trapped" the electricity - it is static or still. When I touch my friend on the ear or hand, the electricity flows to her with a zap and is lost to the ground.Electricity that is generated or from a battery flows continuously in a circuit it is not dissipated.


How many oxygen molecules are produced for the splitting of two molecules when electricity flows through water?

2 water molecules form one molecule of oxygen.


Can the directions of the sum of two two vectors be equal to the directions of difference of two vectors?

Yes.


Does electricity flow through wires?

Electric current flows through wires, but to transmit electric power you need two wires with a voltage between them, connected to a power source.


Can an electric current move in two directions at once?

Not simultaneously. Though it can alternate. If you mean in one circuit there can be alternative directions in which the current can move. Electrical currents go from the negative to the positive since electron (electricity is a lot of electrons) is negative so is directed to the positive.