what causes electric shock,current or voltage?

Answer 1

current

Answer 2

The term "shock" is used most often to refer to the spark-like energy transfer between points of different potential.

Voltage is defined as the potential between two points.

Therefore, the "shock" comes from the voltage.

Once the path is created, then current flows until an equipotential is created (both points are the same potential), or something comes along to break the circuit (like wind blowing out a candle).

The experience of "electric shock" as it applies to animals (including humans) refers to the passage of current through the resistive path ... which happens to be the tissues of the animal.

Again, the cause of the shock is the applied voltage; the result of the shock is the current that flows.

Answer 3

BOTH!!!

An electric shock can occur upon contact of a human or animal body with any source of voltage high enough to cause sufficient current flow through the muscles or nerves. The minimum detectable current in humans is thought to be about 1 milliampere (mA). The current may cause tissue damage or heart fibrillation if it is sufficiently high. When (and only when) an electric shock is fatal, it is called electrocution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock

Answer 4

Both. Current flows in a body due to voltage.

Answer 5

Voltage is the pressure, current is the volume. Spark plugs have a lot of pressure(volts) but no volume(current). They cause a big shock but little damage.

Answer 6

A saying I picked up a few years back was "it's the volts which jolts, but the mills that kills". Mills meaning (milli)amps.

Answer 7

both, but the stronger the currnet the more dangerous, current is the killer

Answer 8

just remember - volts jolt, current kills