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Why a person safe from lightning inside a car that has a metal body?
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∙ 12y ago
because the rubber tires absorb the shock
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
A person is safe from lightning inside a car with a metal body because the metal acts as a Faraday cage. When lightning strikes the car, the metal body acts as a conductor, directing the electrical current around the occupants and safely into the ground, protecting them from electrocution.
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Why is it so dangerous to use an umbrella in a thunderstorm?
If it's a thunder storm, your in an exposed place, and your the tallest thing around, yes. The lightening will be drawn to the tallest thing in a bid to reach the ground. Which will unfortunately be you, and your metal tipped umbrella. You'll be lovely and dry, but you'll also be burn't to a cinder.
Why would standing on a beach make your body act like a lightning rod?
Answer: Well, you wouldn't. Lightning would most likely strike and injure or kill you. A lightning rod is a vertical pointed metal rod placed on the tops of buildings. They are connected by heavy wire to a good ground system buried in the ground, or perhaps grounded to the building's plumbing system. When lightning conditions exist, the lightning rod will draw off the electrical buildup, preventing a lightning strike from occurring. The building below the lightning rod is protected from lightning strikes, too.
Is it safe to swim during a mild lightning storm?
No because you could get electrocuted from the lightning. Lightning is attracted to any body of water.
What is a body that attracts other metal?
Metal
Does inside human body considered an electrical conductor?
The inside of our body is a conductor.
Why is car not struck by lightning?
The person themselves won't be; but the car can. However, it won't affect the person inside. Since a car has rubber tires (which do not conduct electricity) it isn't grounded. Therefore, there is no way for the electricity to complete the circuit. You're perfectly safe in a car in a thunderstorm.
Does your rubber tires protect us from ligtning inside of your car?
No, that is a myth. What actually protects you is the car itself. Sitting inside a car you are basically sitting in a Faraday cage. The lightning travels around the metal body of the car and then jumps to ground. As long as you are not touching the metal body of the car you are safe.
Why would it be dangerous to hold a metal pole in a thunderstorm?
The reason it is dangerous to hold a metal pole in a thunderstorm is because metal is a conductive material, so the electricity that comes from the lightning would conduct into the metal and transfer it to your body
What is inside alcohol?
There is nothing inside alcohol but alcohol can be inside alcoholic beverages and a person's body.
How is the shock you receive from a doorknob like lighting?
when you get zapped in the supermarket by your trolley it sends a little bit of energy through the metal in the trolley to your body, and if you get shocked by lightning you get a big shock of energy. but with a metal door handle it is exactly like the shopping trolley and it will send a shock of energy through the metal to your body. i hope this helped as i am only 13 :)
What is a jinchuriki?
A Jinchuuriki is a person who has a Bijuu sealed inside their body.
Why would standing on a beach or in the golf course make your body act like a lightning rod?
You are holding a long metal pole (golf club).
Why is it so dangerous to use an umbrella in a thunderstorm?
If it's a thunder storm, your in an exposed place, and your the tallest thing around, yes. The lightening will be drawn to the tallest thing in a bid to reach the ground. Which will unfortunately be you, and your metal tipped umbrella. You'll be lovely and dry, but you'll also be burn't to a cinder.
Does a human body have a metal piece inside?
No, not normally. Unless the metal has been placed there during an operation. Some bone fractures may be pinned with metal plates to strength the bone.
What are the effects does a lightning strike have on the body?
Lots. One strike once killed over 50 cows on a farm.Well, for one thing it can electricute you... Plus if it strikes a tree that tree could fall on a house, which could fall on someone, who could be severely injured for life, which could send that person's loved one iknto a depression.
Where on your body do you usually get struck by lightning?
the part on your body you would most likely get struck by lightning would be penis if you are aroused :)
Why would standing on a beach make your body act like a lightning rod?
Answer: Well, you wouldn't. Lightning would most likely strike and injure or kill you. A lightning rod is a vertical pointed metal rod placed on the tops of buildings. They are connected by heavy wire to a good ground system buried in the ground, or perhaps grounded to the building's plumbing system. When lightning conditions exist, the lightning rod will draw off the electrical buildup, preventing a lightning strike from occurring. The building below the lightning rod is protected from lightning strikes, too.
