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Lightening . http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-interactive/. Click on the blue box to learn about lightening. When lightening strikes. Lightening strikes the Earth about _________ times a second. 100. 1,000. 10.

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  1. Lightening http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-interactive/ Click on the blue box to learn about lightening. When lightening strikes.... Lightening strikes the Earth about _________ times a second. 100 1,000 10 Each strike can heat the air around it ______ times the temperature of the Sun's surface. 5 1 10

  2. Lightening Anatomy of a Thundercloud battery Lightening is an ___________ discharge. electrical base Sheet lightening is a bolt of lightening that lights up the ______ of a cloud. strike

  3. Lightening Charging Up evaporate During a storm, particles withing a cloud _______. collide rise Positive charges ______ to the rop of the cloud while negative charges _____ to the bottom of a cloud. sink

  4. Lightening Lightening bolts negative A lightening bolt begins when _______ charges race downward along a channel. positive positive The bold nears the ground it is met by _______ charges that rise through building, trees, or people. negative current When the two charges connect, an electric ________ flows towards the Earth and creates a flash. field

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