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The weather department has predicted that a thunderstorm is likely to occur on a certain day. Suppose you have to go out on that day. Would you carry an umbrella? Explain. - Science

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प्रश्न

The weather department has predicted that a thunderstorm is likely to occur on a certain day. Suppose you have to go out on that day. Would you carry an umbrella? Explain.

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उत्तर

No, we should not carry an umbrella in a thunderstorm. During thunderstorms, which are accompanied by lightning, electric discharge from the clouds can travel through the metallic rod of the umbrella. This may give an electric shock to the person who is carrying it. Hence, it is not safe to carry an umbrella during lightning.

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अध्याय 15: Some Natural Phenomena - Exercises [पृष्ठ १९७]

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अध्याय 15 Some Natural Phenomena
Exercises | Q 12 | पृष्ठ १९७

संबंधित प्रश्न

Explain why it is not safe to go out with an umbrella when there is heavy rain, lightning or thunder. 


Answer in your own words.

How will you protect yourself from lightning?


Answer in your own words.

In the lightning conductor, what provision is made for spreading the electricity into the ground?


What are the remedial measures for the following calamity:

Lightning strike


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Reason: It will make you the target for lightning.


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If air and cloud were good conductors of electricity, do you think lightning could occur? Explain.


Identify the lightning conductor and the copper plate in figure.


If the materials used for constructing a building were good conductors, do you think lightning will strike the building. Will the lightning conductor be still required to be installed in the building?


Explain how lightning takes place.


Explain why it is safer to use a wireless telephone instead of a landline telephone during lightning.


During thunderstorms, the air is moving ______ rapidly. This air moves rapidly.


Huge quantities of electricity are discharged in lightning flashes and temperatures of over ______°C or more can be reached.


______ arrestor is a device used to protect buildings from the effects of lightning.


Assertion: People struck by lightning receive a severe electrical shock.
Reason: Lightning carries very high voltage.


Assertion: People struck by lightning receive a severe electrical shock.

Reason: Lightning carries very high voltage.


Assertion: People struck by lightning receive a severe electrical shock.

Reason: Lightning carries very high voltage.


Assertion: People struck by lightning receive a severe electrical shock.

Reason: Lightning carries very high voltage.


Assertion: People struck by lightning receive a severe electrical shock.

Reason: Lightning carries very high voltage.


Assertion: People struck by lightning receive a severe electrical shock.

Reason: Lightning carries very high voltage.


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