Question

(a) How does lightning strike the ground?
(b) What is a lightning conductor?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

a]Cloud-to-ground lightning comes from the sky down, but the part you see comes from the ground up. A typical cloud-to-ground flash lowers a path of negative electricity (that we cannot see) towards the ground in a series of spurts. When these two paths meet, a return stroke zips back up to the sky.

b]A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike .

Answer 2

Answer:

a) Due to the interaction between the positive and negative electrons present in both clouds and the ground.

b) A lighting rod or lighting conductor is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure for a lighting strike