Question

Ques. Explain the harmful effects of lightning? causes of lightning

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Lightning begins as static charges in a rain cloud. Winds inside the cloud are very turbulent. Water droplets in the bottom part of the cloud are caught in the updrafts and lifted to great heights where the much colder atmosphere freezes them. Lightning can kill people (3,696 deaths were recorded in the U.S. between 1959 and 2003) or cause cardiac arrest. Injuries range from severe burns and permanent brain damage to memory loss and personality change. About 10 percent of lightning-stroke victims are killed, and 70 percent suffer serious long-term effects.                                                                               Pleaseee Mark me as Brainliest pleaseee!

Answer 2

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A lightning strike generates a huge amount of electric charge. The lightning bolt has a temperature of about 30,000°C. It can cause the following effects:

1. It can cause fire and shatter buildings resulting in a lot of destruction and damage to the property.
2. It can burn trees and also cause forest fires.
3. It injures or sometimes even kills animals and human beings instantly.

Clouds contain tiny crystals of ice and droplets of water, which move against each other. This can cause huge amount of charge to build up in clouds. Ordinarily, nothing happens due to this charge build-up because air does not conduct the charge from the clouds. But when the accumulation of the charge is great enough and the wind brings the clouds close together, the insulation of air breaks and the charge can jump from one cloud to another through the air. The passage of electric current in air due to movement of electric charges is called electric discharge. The sudden rush of electrical charge heats up the air to about 30,000°C producing a bright glow of lightning.

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