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Does lightning occurs when the positive charge on a storm cloud causes charging by induction on the ground or another cloud?
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How is charge by induction similar from charge by conduction?
Both conduction and induction involve a movement of electrons. Conduction is the transfer of electrons from a charged object to another object by direct contact. Induction does not involve direct contact. Instead, induction is the movement of electrons from one part of an object to another as a result of the electric field of the second object.
Method of charging objects by allowing electrons to flow from one oblect to another?
The method of charging objects by allowing electrons to flow from one object to another is called conduction.Hope this answers your question!Thanks! :)
What is the lightning between clouds?
Lightning is just really large static. Lightning between clouds is called cloud lightning or sheet lightning and is caused when one cloud has an excessive charge and another cloud has an excessive amount of the opposite cloud. The lightning is used to relieve the clouds charge.
What name means lightning?
Arjuna ... Refers to the whiteness of milk, silver, lightning ... [1]Barack ... "Lightning; blessing." ... [2]Borak ... "The lightning." ...Jupiter ... Lightning bolts were thought to be messages from Jupiter to mortals on earth. [1]Rai ... "Trust; lightning, thunder." ...Zeus would be another
Does lighting hit something everytime it strikes?
Lightning does not hit something every time it strikes. There are various forms of lightning. Lightning that is classified as "cloud to ground" lightning will strike something in it's path. Another form of lightning is sheet lightning. This type of lighting illuminates the sky and spreads from cloud to cloud.
What is the process of charging a conductor by bringing it near another charged object and then grounding the conductor called?
Induction
What is charge by induction?
Charging by Induction is a method of charging a neutral object, using a charged object, without establishing physical contact between them. _______________________________________________________________________ When a charged object induces a charge on another object without touching it.
When a metal ball is charged by induction using a negatively charged plastic rod what is the sign on the charge acquired by the ball?
There exists and answer to this problem if you state the following: After the ball has been in presence of the negatively charged rod, the metal ball is either grounded or discharged by another conductor leaving the original metal ball with a positive charge, hence the name charging by induction.
What are the two ways to transfer electrical charges?
Friction - charging something by rubbing it against another object Induction - charging something by coming close to charged object, but not touching Conduction - charging something by touching a charged object
Can electrons move from one object to another when rubbed together?
The transfer of electrons from one object to another by direct contact is charging by conduction. The transfer of electrons form one uncharged object to another by rubbing the objects together is charging by friction.
Can objects be charged by induction?
I'm really not sure, however I know that when charging by induction, the electrons repel during induction, due to grounding an object. The charge that an object has when it is charged by induction varies depending on the amount of electrons taken away. When an object is charged by induction, the object has the opposite charge of the object inducing the charge.
When is lightning most likely to happen?
lightning mostly happens when there are a lot of clouds in the sky because lightning is the result when ice particles with negative charge is rubbed with another ice particle but with positive charge.
Three methods to charge an object?
Charging by friction - this is useful for charging insulators. If you rub one material with another (say, a plastic ruler with a piece of paper towel), electrons have a tendency to be transferred from one material to the other. For example, rubbing glass with silk or saran wrap generally leaves the glass with a positive charge; rubbing PVC rod with fur generally gives the rod a negative charge. Charging by conduction - useful for charging metals and other conductors. If a charged object touches a conductor, some charge will be transferred between the object and the conductor, charging the conductor with the same sign as the charge on the object. Charging by induction - also useful for charging metals and other conductors. Again, a charged object is used, but this time it is only brought close to the conductor, and does not touch it. If the conductor is connected to ground (ground is basically anything neutral that can give up electrons to, or take electrons from, an object), electrons will either flow on to it or away from it. When the ground connection is removed , the conductor will have a charge opposite in sign to that of the charged object.
The process imparting a charge to another object?
It is called induction
Explain the difference between induced charge separation and charging by induction?
In induced charge separation, the charge of both substances remain neutral. There is no actual transferring of charges. During charging by induction, there is a transfer of charges by grounding.
What is the process of imparting charge to another object?
Induction.
What is another name for an ac generator?
an induction generator
