Question

What causes a bolt of lightning?

Question options:

Electrical charges build up in the clouds.


Electrical charges build up on the ground.


Electrical charges build up in the clouds and on the ground.


Electrical charges build up in the space between the clouds and the ground.

Answer 1

Heavier, negatively charged particles sink to the bottom of the cloud. When the positive and negative charges grow large enough, a giant spark - lightning-occurs between the 2 charges within the cloud. This is like a static electricity sparks you see, but much bigger.

Answer 2

Electrical charges build up in the space between the clouds and the ground. cause a bolt of lightning.

What is lightning?

Lightning occurs when there are electrical imbalances between storm clouds and the earth, or inside the clouds themselves.

The emission of light is accompanied by a sudden electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to ground.

Electrical charges build up in the space between the clouds and the ground. cause a bolt of lightning.

Hence option D is correct.

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