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Why does lightning strike a tree on an open field?
because it meet negative and a positive charge
Why does lightning attract to metal?
Thunder is a shockwave; it only propagates in any direction it can. It doesn't technically attract to anything, but it will move toward areas with little or no resistance to its passing (open air as opposed to a hill, mountain or other major geographical feature).
How does lightning split trees?
The lightning superheats the water within the tree causing it to violently expand and split the tree open.
When and where does lightning strike most often?
IN warm places or in the summer, mostly strikes men, on big open fields such as a golf courseFlorida! This is also where most old people retire, so maybe senior citizens attract lightning?!?
How can you do to prevent yourself from being struck by lightning?
If you're outside - make for open spaces, such as a sports field or park. Crouch down on the ground - the lower you are - the more chances a lightning strike will hit something taller than you.
How does lightning strike a soccer field?
Although an elevated, conductive object is more likely to draw a lightning strike, these discharges can strike open ground or in fact anything that provides a grounding point. Lightning can even (though very rarely) pass through buildings with open windows, in one and out the other, along a path of ionization. Cloud-to-ground lightning is a discharge of electrical potential by highly-charged air in a cloud. As a cloud moves across the surface of the Earth, negative charges build up in the cloud bottoms and a corresponding positive charge accumulates below it on the ground. Wherever these are connected by a path of ionized air, the lightning will discharge (actually in both directions, down and up).
Why are people struck by lightning?
People can be struck by lightning when they are in the path of a lightning bolt during a thunderstorm. Lightning seeks the path of least resistance to the ground, and if a person is the easiest path for the lightning to travel through, they can be struck. Being outdoors during thunderstorms, being near tall objects, or being in open water can increase the risk of being struck by lightning.
Why are people hit by lightning?
Because lightning attempts to travel along the easiest way to the ground, which, if you are standing, might include you. And because people are stupid enough to frequently go outside on open ground during a thunderstorm.
What do people do in the desert?
they travel on camels to get places to get water they cut open plants and get water they live in tents
What are 10 things not to do during a thunder storm?
You should not be next to any trees or metal. Trees are often struck by lightning and catch on fire easily . Anything metal attracts the lightning as well. When you are outside during lightning try to not go by anything metal or trees as if stay in a more open space. It could be very dangerous if your outside during a lightning storm .
About when was the sail developed making travel possible on the open water?
5000 BC
Why doesn't lightning kill all the fish?
Fried Fish?Here are opinions and answers (In the form of an argument): Really fish do get fried if they happen to be in the area of the strike, but because the ocean is vast and lightning is dispersed into the water for only a very short distance, most fish are only stunned. If lightning was able to travel in water and not be dispersed would you want to go to the beach?Contrary to what some people believe, salt water is a GOOD conductor of electricity! Anything containing ions is a good conductor of electricity. Pure water (meaning ONLY hydrogen and oxygen molecules) is a poor conductor. The reason salt water is a good conductor is due to the charged ions from the salt (Na+ and Cl- ions). You may be thinking "then why can I be electrocuted at home if we don't have salt water?" Well it's because your home water isn't exactly pure - there are several other ions and minerals in it. (Free ions means free electrons are available to flow and create a current in water)They do. Every year around 7000-10000 lightnings strike the sea around the world and and when this happens most of Earth's marine life dies. Luckily fish are are fond of sexual intercourse and the sea life grows to its peak numbers around summertime.Ask anyone who has been shocked and they will tell you that salt water is a very good conductor since our bodies are mostly salt water; great conductor. Salt water fish/wildlife do not just make up for their loss by having a reproductive free for all, it takes years to replace damage to any part of a reef system. Most lightining strikes happen in open water where there is almost no damage the the ecosystem and whatever fish is hit is not fried but boiled.There are conductors, semi-conductors and insulators in this world. While fresh water is a good conductor due to the impurities in it, salt water is only a semi-conductor and the lightning dissipates faster than it does in fresh water. But even in fresh water the lightning only travels so far before it too will dissipate.Most people think that water is a conductor and that that is why it causes people to die from electrical shock when exposed to it. This is untrue.My answer is two fold. First of all pure water is an insulator. When it is mixed with impurities those impurities are actually the conductors, not the water. Second electricity always takes the path of least resistance (It will travel through the material that is most conductive).If your in a pool of water and the lightning strikes most of the charge won't travel through the water, because it is an insulater. It will travel through you the conductor. You are the path of least resistance (especially if your touching the bottom of the pool or the side of it). That is why people are killed in a pool from lightning strikes. Most of the people that survive such strikes were probably floating in the water, not touching anything else but the water (thus not completing a circuit).I would suggest that most fish in the ocean do not get killed for this reason. Salt water is a very good conductor and as such the salt water pulls the path of the electricity from the lightning bolt around the fish, not through it. I would add this as another reason among the others above.When someone is in a bath tub and an electrical item is drop in and that someone is electicuted, this is because the the path of least resistance is throught the person touching the bottom and sides of the tub. The water is mostly insulated from the current so it travels almost entirely through the human body.because the electricity is dissipated.Some fish can be electrocuted by lightning. It depends how close they are to the lightning strike. Natural waters usually have enough ions in it that the electric charge from lightning will be dispersed very quickly and so will not carry enough charge to electrocute fish if they are very far from the lightning strike.
