| A | B |
|---|
| Thales and cloth | piece of amber |
| Greek work for amber | electron |
| number of lighting rods on the Seattle Space Needle | 25 |
| Safest place in an electric storm | in a car |
| Location of the largest Van de Graff machine | Boston museum of Science |
| Opposite charges | attract |
| Like charges | repel |
| Purpose of lightning rods | to pull lightning to the ground |
| A dangerous place to stand in lightning storm | under a tree |
| Example of electrons repelling | hair standing up and spreading apart |
| What stops "static cling" | a drop of water |
| Place where lightning usually starts | in a cloud |
| Lightning is caused from | a build up of electrons |
| A build up of (-) electrons that are attracted to the earth | leader |
| The surge that goes back up into the clouds in a bright return | lightning |
| Superheating of the air causes | thunder |
| When water droplets and ice crystals collide | particles in clouds become charged and seporated |
