Notes

1.Falling droplets of ice and rain become electrically polarized as they fall through the atmosphere's natural electric field Colliding ice particles become charged by electrostatic induction. 2. 21.5 electric volts 3. the earth would have more lightning . 4. tall buildings, metal objects. 6. Stay Alert seek shelter and DO NOT LIE DOWN. 7. T 8.F 9.F 10. they heat up and sometimes explode.
11. Thunder is caused by the vibration resulting from lightning. When lightning strikes, huge amounts of electricity shoot through the air causing the air to vibrate and that is what causes the thunder. Although thunder is caused by lightning, you see lightning first then you hear the thunder because light travels faster lightning strikes, huge amounts of sound.
12. 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit 13. becuase it is very hot and when the electricity flows trough whatever object, it explodes. 15. Benjamin Franklin and Prokop Diviš
16. boats, becuase they have metal in them and they can be very tall.
17. The lightning rod, which Benjamin Franklin invented in 1749, is a metal pole mounted atop a building that draws lightning's electrical charge away from the structure.

The rod is attached to an aluminum or copper cable that's connected to an underground conductive grid. This allows the electricity to dissipate harmlessly.

Because lightning tends to strike the tallest object in the vicinity, lightning rods must be taller than any buildings or other objects in the area.