Thunderstorms and Lightning quiz
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Which factor most decides where lightning strikes?
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About how often is a typical airliner struck by lightning?
Answer: About once a year
Why: Most of those strikes happen during climb and descent, while the plane is passing through clouds.
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Up to how far away can thunder usually be heard?
Answer: About 15 km
Why: Lightning can strike about that far out from a storm, so the NWS says hearing thunder means you are likely within striking distance.
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Which part of a lightning flash makes the brightest light?
Answer: Return stroke
Why: Charge pours down to the ground, yet the return stroke's flash actually races upward through the channel.
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Which gas gives an approaching thunderstorm its sharp smell?
Answer: Ozone
Why: The earthy smell after rain is something else: petrichor, which comes from plant oils and geosmin made by soil bacteria.
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Which lake did NASA name Earth's lightning capital?
Answer: Lake Maracaibo
Why: Night breezes off the Andes meet warm, moist air over the lake, brewing about 297 nighttime thunderstorms a year.
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Which red flashes appear high above thunderstorms?
Answer: Sprites
Why: Sprites were first photographed by accident in 1989, while University of Minnesota scientists were testing a low-light camera.
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