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on: Jul 13, 2018
Lightning flows ____.
   a. only in areas of heavy rainfall
   b. from the top of a thundercloud to the ground, passing through the lower cloud
   c. from the cloud and the ground to a midpoint at low altitude
   d. only in the area directly below the thundercloud
   e. from the cloud to the ground in short, zig-zagging steps

Question 2

Lightning results from electrical charge differences ____.
   a. carried through the thundercloud by hail nuclei
   b. between the leading and trailing edge of a thundercloud
   c. between the upper and lower parts of a thundercloud
   d. carried from the lower thundercloud to the ground by rain
   e. carried from the center to the edge of the lower thundercloud by wind


karlss

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: c


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