SAMPLE: Meteorology

Film Science: Video Questions to Accompany Wonders of Weather: Lightning

1. A lightning flash is how toasty?

2. Did the lady recall a sense of danger before being struck by lightning?

3. Each year, lightning causes how many deaths around the world?

4. a) A lightning bolt can be how long?
b) What thickness?

5. A thunderclap can be heard how far away?

6. Lightning storms are located mostly in what climatic zones around the globe?

7. At any one time, there can be about how many lightning storms in progress?

8. a) What US city is located in the centre of "lightning alley"?
b) People living in this area can expect how many days of lightning per year?

9. a) As rising thermals carry warm, moist water aloft, the water can freeze into what two forms?
b) When do these frozen forms of water create electric charges on themselves?
c) As the storm cloud develops, which is carried higher, ice or hail?
d) So then, what is the charge structure of the storm cloud?
e) The powerful updrafts in large thunderclouds can create clouds of what height?
f) And what width?

10. Lightning discharges within a cloud are called what?

11. Around the globe, there are about how many lightning flashes per year?

12. Why do researchers at the Langmuir Labs South Baldy Peak location fire rockets into storm clouds?

13. After being hit by lightning, what part of a tree becomes unexpectedly dangerous?

14. a) As a step leader approaches to within 10 to 100 m of the ground, how does the Earth respond?
b) The more complex lightning flashes resemble what hydrologic feature?

15. Why is a Faraday cage a safe location from which to study large static discharges?

16. A plane can be expected to be hit how often by lightning?

17. What is the best location to see sprites?

18. Why are lightning bolt photographs examples of the art-science connection?