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When lighting strikes a lighting rod the last place the charges flow is?
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What is the flow of electrical charges called?
It is called an electric current.
What is a current consisting of charges that flow only in one direction called?
A Direct Current or DC direct current is a current consisting of charges that flow only in one direction.
The energy caused by the flow of particles with negative electrical charges is called?
The negatively charged particles in question are called electrons, and the flow of electrons is called electricity.
Why current flow in the opposite direction of flowing electron?
Electrons do not flow, but they might be though of as 'flowing' as they transfer charges between them. The reason that electron flow is the opposite direction from current is that historical theories of electrical flow (current) treated it as a movement of positive charges rather than negative charges.There is no actual difference that could be discerned, except that we now know that negative charges (electrons) constitute the basis of most common electricity.
Does wood allow charges to flow easily?
No. Wood is a poor conductor of electricity unless it is wet/saturated with water.
Does lighting form with positive or negative charges?
The lighting is always a negative charge, but it can flow both from the clouds and down, as well as from the ground and up.
How do charges flow?
Charges always flow from positive to negative.
What is electrcial current?
Is the continous net flow of electric charges from one place to another.
How do you remove the static charge?
Static charges can be removed by earthing. Since only negative charges can flow the earth takes in infinite number of electrons. This same principal is applied to a lightening conductor since lighting is nothing but the flow of electrons formed due to friction of two clouds.
What is lightning what happens when it strikes?
Lightning is the flow of electrons attempting to equalize static charges - usually between clouds or between a cloud and ground. What happens when it strikes depends totally on the path it takes. Anything that gets in its way is likely to be damaged.
The flow of electric charges is called?
The flow of electric charges is current.
Electrical charges flow in the same path?
Electrical charges will not flow. The considered to be held stationary.
What is a continuous flow of positive charges called?
The continuous flow of positive charges is called current
What is the conventional current flow?
Conventional current flow is the flow of positive charges, or the equivalent flow of positive charges. That is, if what flows is really negative charges (for example, an electron), which flow in one direction, the "conventional current" flows in the opposite direction.
A flow of electric current?
lighting
Why do electrical charges flow from one to another?
explain why electrial charges flow from one atom to another
A flow of electrical charges is known as an?
A flow of electrical charges running through a medium is known as an electrical current.
