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lighting like trees because of there branchs.
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Why is a tree not safe during lightning?
Lightning tends to strike tall objects such as trees. When lightning does strike a tree it can kill or injure people and animals underneath it.
Why you have to stay away from trees during lightning?
lightning is attracted to the taller objects in any open space .so being near tall trees in an open space is dangerous. The lightning can "jump" from the tree through the air to your body if it finds that your body, with its high salt content, is an easier conductor.
Why should you never seek the shelter of a tree if you get caught out in a thunderstrom?
Trees attract lightning. They are tall. They are in the ground, which lightning seeks.
What two spheres interact when lightning strikes a forest?
The sphere of electricity, and the sphere of trees.
Why does lighning strike trees?
As lightning comes down, it looks for the first thing to hit, which is why trees and other tall structures get hit more than humans.
What are the lightning like knots used on sacred trees called in japan?
shimenawa
Where does the Lightning strike?
at trees
Where does lightning strike the most?
at trees
Why do green trees burn when hit by lightning?
because lightning attracts to wood
How does lightning fires start?
The lightning hits trees, then the heat makes the fire.
What is lightning attracted to the most?
i think trees
How does white oak trees move?
White oak trees are shorter and wider than most trees around them. By being wider, they shade out seedlings that would grow into taller trees and shade them out. By being shorter, they let lightning hit and kill the taller trees. Once the taller trees growing right around them die, others do not replace them. They are still short so that lightning hits other trees. Lightning hits those trees which are replaced.
Does lightning ever hit tall trees?
The electricity in lightning seeks out the fastest way to transmit itself from the sky to the ground below. As a result tall trees are often struck by lightning if they are the tallest object in a given area.
Should people avoid trees when it is lightning?
yes
What areas are most effected by lightning?
forests since trees fall down if they're struck by lightning
What to avoid when lightning strikes?
Trees, tall buildings, large clearings. Lightning strikes the tallest point.
What are the immediate effects of lightning?
Damaged trees and buildings, death.
