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Lightning Flash Cards .. Questions & Answers

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1. A giant discharge of electricity accompanied by a brilliant flash of light and a loud crack of thunder is..   .. Lightning.  
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2. Lightning forms from the buildup of..   .. electrons or negative charges.  
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3. What would you do if you were caught out in the open during a lightning?!   I would touch as little surface of the ground as possible.  
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4. What can lightning cause to people?!   People struck by lightning can suffer from nerve damage, memory loss, personality change, and emotional problems.  
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5. What can a loud-to-ground lightning do?   It could kill and injure people.It can branch off a person from a tree, fence, pole, or other tall object.  
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6. Lightning is a highly visible form of..   .. energy transfer.  
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7. Thunder & Lightning happen at the same time. But why you see the Lightning first?   Because light travel faster than sound.  
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8. When can Lightning happen?! Or during what?!   Volcanic eruptions, extremely intense forest fires, surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms, and in large hurricanes.  
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9. What could reach reach over five miles in length, raise the temperature of the air by as much as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit , and contain a hundred million electrical volts?!   The lightning spark.  
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10. Some scientists think that lightning may have played a part in the evolution of..   .. living organisms.  
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11. Lightning is 6 times hotter than Earth’s..   .. surface.  
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12. Can Lightning kill people?!   Yes!  
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