Lightning
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Lightning Rod | a metal pole with a wire attached to it that runs to the ground
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| What is the purpose of a lightning rod? | allows electrons that build up on a building to spread out into the air
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| Insulated grounding wire | electrons flow through the wire and into the ground rod.
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| Ground rod | electrons from the lighting rod, goes through the insulated grounding wire and exits safely out the ground rod into the ground
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| What is Lightning? | ~Negative charge that builds up at the bottom of a cloud during a storm (not completely understood)
~Repels the negative charges on the earth
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| First part of lightning | Molecules in the air split apart
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| Second part of lightning | Sparks from the splitting molecules
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| Third part of lightning | electrons travels to the ground (all molecules break apart and collide with one another and cause the thunder sound)
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| Is the lightning rod a conductor or insulator? | conductor
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