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Lightening

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lightning can be....

a)

Seen

b)

Heard

c)

Seen and Heard

2.

Which part of the cloud is charged negatively?

a)

The top

b)

The middle

c)

The bottom

d)

The whole cloud

3.

What is the most common type of lightning?

a)

Ground-to-cloud Lightning

b)

Intracloud Lightning

c)

Cloud-to-ground lightning

d)

Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning

4.

Cloud-to-ground lightning is also known as?

a)

Sheet lightning

b)

Forked lightning

c)

Spider lightning

d)

Dome lightning

5.

Who discovered that lightning and electrostatic energy are the same?

a)

John White

b)

Richard Feynman

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Albert Einstein

6.

How long was the biggest lightning strike?

a)

440 miles

b)

300 miles

c)

540 miles

d)

490 miles

7.

Which ancient civilization knew about electrostatic energy?

a)

Roman

b)

Chinese

c)

Greek

d)

Egyptian

8.

Which occurs faster?

a)

Thunder

b)

Lightning

9.

During a thunderstorm, the storm clouds get charged only negatively.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Lightening is extremely rare and appears an average of only 1 time a day.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Air is a great conductor of energy.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Being struck with lightning can cause neurological and brain damage.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Lightning is usually around 27000 ° Celsius.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Lightning can move upwards on skyscrapers and tall towers.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

When does Lightning occur?

(a)  

16.

Over what country did the biggest lightning strike occur?

(a)  

17.

What is created when the hole caused by lightning collapses?

(a)  

18.

What does a return stroke of lightning head toward?

(a)