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A bird sitting on a high power electric line is still safe. How?

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Birds don.t get shocked when they sit on electrical wires because they are not good conductors of electricity. Electricity flowing through a single power line at 35,000 volts will continue along the path of least resistance and bypass birds, because there is no difference in electrical potential.
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Knowledge Check

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    A
    gets killed instantly
    B
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    C
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    D
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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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    A
    the bird is non-conductor of electricity
    B
    resistance of the bird is very large
    C
    there is large potential difference between bird and wire
    D
    there is no potential difference between bird and wire

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