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Form of electricity found in nature?

Static electricity is a form of electricity found in nature, created by the imbalance of positive and negative charges in an object. Lightning is another form of electricity found in nature, generated by the buildup and discharge of electrical energy in thunderstorms.


What did Benjamin Franklin prove?

Benjamin Franklin's experiments with lightning and electricity proved that lightning is electricity and that lightning rods can protect buildings from lightning strikes. His kite experiment demonstrated the connection between lightning and electricity.


How many natural form of electricity are there?

There is one natural form of electricity, which is lightning. It is a form of electrical discharge that occurs in the atmosphere during thunderstorms.


What is lightning a form of?

Electricity. Lightning is a stream of electrons traveling between the clouds and the ground. It's just like static electricity shock, but much bigger.


What year did benjamanin Franklin invent electricity?

He didn't. Thales, a Greek, found that when amber was rubbed with silk it attracted feathers and other light objects. He had discovered static electricity. The Greek word for amber is �electron', from which we get �electricity' and �electronics'. 1600 - William Gilbert invented the term electricity William Gilbert, scientist and physician to Queen Elizabeth I, invented the term electricity (from the Greek word for amber, elecktra). He was the first person to describe the earth's magnetic field and to realise that there is a relationship between magnetism and electricity. 1752 - Franklin proved that lightning is a form of electricity Benjamin Franklin, famous U.S. politician, flew a kite with a metal tip into a thunderstorm to prove that lightning is a form of electricity. He was very lucky he wasn't killed. Don't try this at home! answer is from the following link: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/44783

Related Questions

Who discovered electricity not static electricity?

Benjamin Franklin is credited with discovering electricity in the form of lightning, not static electricity. In 1752, he famously conducted his kite experiment during a thunderstorm to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning.


What is static electricity a form of?

Another form of static elecricity would be... lightning.


What did Benjamin Franklin do for science?

Ben Franklin discovered by his accident while flying his kite, that lightning is a form of electricity,


Who is the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity?

Benjamin Franklin was the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.


What is a good form of electricity?

lightning


What is a dangerous form of static electricity?

lightning


What did Benjamin Franklin discover was a form of electricity?

Lightning


What are the forms of static electricity?

One such form is lightning


Is thermal energy required to form lightning?

No, lightning is just a big spark of static electricity.


Is thunder electricity?

Thunder is not electricity itself, but rather the sound that results from the rapid expansion and contraction of air heated by a lightning bolt. Lightning is a discharge of electricity that occurs during a thunderstorm, which can produce the sound we hear as thunder.


When did William Gilbert discovered electricity?

1660, William Gilbert discovered the Earth's Magnetic Field..


Form of electricity found in nature?

Static electricity is a form of electricity found in nature, created by the imbalance of positive and negative charges in an object. Lightning is another form of electricity found in nature, generated by the buildup and discharge of electrical energy in thunderstorms.