How do lightning rods serve to protect buildings from the devastating effects of a lightning strike?

Q: The effects of electrical shock depend upon which factors?

A: Electric shock is also known as electrocution and is usually depends upon four factors.

Q: Calculate the total electrical energy consumed for a load usage of 7 lamps (25 watts each) for 5 hrs…

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Q: What happens when ebonite rod is rubbed with the fur?

A: Ebonite rod is a rod made by special vulcanized rubber. On rubbing the ebonite rod with fur…

Q: What kind of charging occurs during thunderstorms?

A: During thunderstorms "charging by induction occurs". When charged body is brought near to any…

Q: Why are lightning rods normally at a higher elevation than the buildings they protect?

A: It is a metal road which is attached to the roof of a building, this road is usually 2cm in diameter…

Q: Which of the following items are electrical insulators? quartz plastic mercury diamonds

A: Electric insulators are those materials which is not conducting electricity . Examples are quartz ,…

Q: Why is sawdust a poorer conductor than wood from which it is made?

A: Step 1Sawdust is the powdered form of wood.

Q: Name two types of conductor insulation designed to be used underground?

A: Underground cables can be used to transmit and distribute electrical power. Atypical underground…

Q: What happens if a fault causes the live wire to touch a metal part in an appliance?

A: Live wire touch the metal part

Q: What are the Effects of Electrical Forces on Ion Movement?

A: When an ion is moving or at rest in a electric field it experiences an electric force,  The electric…

Q: From where do electrons originate that produce an electric shock when you touch a charged conductor?

A: The electrons do not originate, it just gets transferred from the charged conductor to the person’s…

Q: High-voltage power lines are used to transport electricity cross country. These wires are favored…

A: The current flows from a region of high potential to a region of low potential.

Q: why are taller building more prone to lightning?

A: Taller buildings are more closer to clouds. The thunder and lightning are more closer to these…

Q: Never, ever, attempt to build a lightning machine in a residential neighborhood.

A: Required :: True or False.

Q: How does the national grid respond to changing demand?

A: The demand for electricity does not remain constant throughout the day.

Q: What is an electric field, and what does it tell you?

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Q: what is an example of a pseudoscience explanation of why lightning travels through the air?

A: We have to explain why lightning travels through the air.

Q: What is a Lightning Conductor?

A: The lightning conductor is a thick copper wire or a strip that is secured onto the tallest point of…

Q: To be safe in an unlikely case of a lightning strike, it is best to be inside a building framed with…

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Q: Choose the BEST answer to the following: When you brush your hair and scrape electrons from your…

A: When electrons are removed from an object, the object gets electron deficient. Electrons are…

Q: True or False. If you place a lightning rod on top of your home but failed to ground it, then your…

A: The presence of a high lightning rod can serve to draw the charge from the cloud to the ground. In…

Q: How electricity affects our lives?

A: Given Electric current affects the our lives We have to write How electricity affects our lives?

Q: Which of the following statements are true statements about lightning rods? Choose all that apply.…

A: 1. TRUE The lightning rods are placed to divert charge around the home to the ground in case of a…

Q: What is grounding? What effect does it have on a charged conductor? On a charged insulator

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Q: Gaps need to be left in lengths of railway lines to prevent buckling in hot weather Select one:…

A: Solution-:   Gaps need to be left in lengths of railway lines to prevent buckling in hot weather.…

Q: Explain how some of the hair strands of the persons are lifted to the air due to lightning.

A: It deals with the forces and field between the charges during the state of rest. Lightning is the…

Q: Show a picture of how electrical energy improves the lives of the people. It can be a collage.

A: It is required to discuss how electrical energy improves the lives of people.

Q: How does electricity affect our lives?

A: Electricity affects our lives in many ways describe below;

Q: How do electrical-charge imbalances lead to lightning?

A: Lightning is a phenomena that happens due to imbalance in b/w charges of storm clouds & ground…

Q: What is the functión of the electrical hazard symbol below? A.) It warns of nearby risks of electric…

A: Electrical signs and symbols provide workers and others with information on electrical hazards and…

Q: Write a letter to Grandpa and tell him why he’d be safe in a lightning storm if he was inside an…

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Q: What are 5 different ways that electrical energy is converted into 5 different forms in energy at…

A: Electrical energy is a kind of energy which is used to make different form of energies. 5 different…

Q: Explain the principles involved in lighting and thunder (electricity)

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Q: Calculate the total electrical energy consumed for a load usage of 7 lamps (23 watts each) for 13…

A: SOlution: given that P = 23 watts each

Q: Why does lightning push electricity through air, but common batteries do not?

A: Air is an insulator until it reaches its breakdown point. After the breakdown voltage, air acts as a…

Q: Give examples of electricity that involve electric current.

A: Electricity is type of form energy which can produce heat and light etc. Electric current is flow of…

Q: Give the energy stores and transfers in an electric fan

A: The electric fan operates on the electric energy provided to it. This electric energy can be…