How do collisions of water droplets and ice particles inside a cloud help lightning formation?
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Correct answer: They help separation of electric charges
Inside a strong cumulonimbus cloud, supercooled droplets, ice crystals, and graupel collide in powerful turbulent currents. These collisions transfer charge unevenly, causing positive and negative charges to become separated in different regions of the cloud. When the electric potential becomes large enough, a lightning discharge occurs.
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They help separation of electric charges
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Inside a strong cumulonimbus cloud, supercooled droplets, ice crystals, and graupel collide in powerful turbulent currents. These collisions transfer charge unevenly, causing positive and negative charges to become separated in different regions of the cloud. When the electric potential becomes large enough, a lightning discharge occurs.
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This is a Class 12 Geography question. Chapter: Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems.
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