Lightning and Thunder

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  1. What causes lightning and thunder?

    2. Your answer:
    A conflict between the different clouds in the sky.
    An electrical line falls and makes a flash in the sky.
    The air and the ground are overheated enough to release energy.
    A conflict between the warm updraft of air and cool water in the clouds.

  2. Over land, thunderstorms strike more often in the early morning.

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. What is the best thing people cound do to prevent getting struck by lightning?

    4. Your answer:
    Stand under a tree
    Run around outside
    Seek shelter indoors
    Use an umbrella

  4. Lightning strikes the earth about 100 times a second.

    5. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  5. What type of lightning is occurs off in the distance and usually brings no sound of thunder or sight of rain?

    6. Your answer:
    forked lightning
    ball lightning
    sheet lightning
    heat lightning

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