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Lightning is produced when5
Q: Lightning is produced when
- 1Similar charges of electricity rush towards each other and then get repelledfalse
- 2clouds strike against impurities in air and the friction burns up these impuritiesfalse
- 3strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening airtrue
- 4water vapour produces electricity in the cloudsfalse
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Answer : 3. "strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air"
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Answer: C) strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air Explanation: When the resistance of the air between breaks down the current flows from the positive cloud to the negative cloud in a flash which we call lightning . The difference of potential involves is very high.