Electricity: Keeping safe

This task is about conducting electricity and safety.

Question

 

 

 line carrying 11,000 volts
a)  How is it that a bird can perch on a high-voltage power line without being electrocuted?
     Select the answer below you think is right

    • "Birds' claws don't conduct electricity."
       - Ani

    • "Only humans get electrocuted."
       - Cam

    • "It is easier for the electricity to travel along the wire than through the bird."
       - Ihipera

Question

b)  Select the pictures where there is a danger of being electrocuted.

c) Explain how the electricity will travel in one of the pictures you chose.
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