Thunderstorm Electrification Quiz
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What is the main charging area in a thunderstorm?

  • Middle of the thunderstorm cloud with super-cooled cloud droplets
  • Central part of the storm with rapid upward air movement (correct)
  • Top of the storm cloud where graupel is suspended
  • Lower part of the storm where ice crystals collide

    • What causes ice crystals to become positively charged?

  • Rapid downward air movement
  • Contact with super-cooled cloud droplets
  • Collisions with graupel (correct)
  • Temperature increase

    • What happens to the graupel in the thunderstorm cloud?

  • It evaporates into super-cooled cloud droplets
  • It melts due to high temperatures
  • It rises to the top of the storm cloud
  • It is either suspended in the middle of the thunderstorm cloud or falls toward the lower part of the storm (correct)

    • What is the temperature range in the main charging area of a thunderstorm?

    <p>-15 to -25 Celsius</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What carries the positively charged ice crystals upward in a thunderstorm?

    <p>Updraft</p> Signup and view all the answers

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