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barxatty [35]
4 years ago
8

How does static electricity result in cloud-to-ground lightning

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1 answer:
sertanlavr [38]4 years ago
6 0

Answer:

When the positive and negative charges grow large enough, a giant spark - lightning - occurs between the two charges within the cloud. This is like a static electricity sparks you see, but much bigger. Most lightning happens inside a cloud, but sometimes it happens between the cloud and the ground.

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