Electricity can be static or current. Static electricity builds up on the surface of objects and does not flow, while current electricity involves the flow of electrons. There are two types of current - direct current where electrons flow in one direction, and alternating current where electrons change direction periodically. Coulomb's law states that the electrical force between two charged objects is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Electric circuits can be either series circuits where components are lined up along one path, or parallel circuits which have multiple branching paths.