Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Lightning?

Questions : 13 | Total Attempts: 242 | Recent Updated: 28-Feb-2023
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Have you ever heard About Lightning? Do you ever imagine how Lightning occurs? Lightning occurs when regions of excess positive and negative charge develop within the cloud. Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, there is a large volume of positive charge in the upper regions of the cloud, and a large negative charge in the earth. As we know that it occurs due to electrically charged storms but still the method of charging clouds remains elusive. So let's start this quiz and know more About Lightning.

Questions Excerpt


1. What is the average temperature of lightning?

A. 50,00 degrees Fahrenheit

B. 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit

C. 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit

D. 50,0000 degrees Fahrenheit

2. Where does lightning strike the most?

A. Himalaya

B. Mount Everest

C. Lake Maracaibo

D. None of these

3. How many types of lightning are there?

A. Ten types

B. Two types

C. Three types

D. Seven types

4. What is the rarest type of lightning?

A. Cloud-to-Air

B. Intracloud lightning

C. Ball lightning

D. Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning

5. Who was the first person to discover lightning?

A. Louis Le Prince

B. Charles Chevalier

C. Abraham Karem

D. Benjamin Franklin

6. A lightning strike is made up of multiple fast flashes, How long does each flash last?

A. 0.32 Seconds

B. 0.52 Seconds

C. 0.92 Seconds

D. 0.90 Seconds

7. How long does an entire lightning strike take to complete?

A. 0.10 seconds

B. 0.2 seconds

C. 0.30 Seconds

D. 30 Seconds

8. How long does a lightning strike take?

A. 10 microseconds

B. 60 microseconds

C. 30 microseconds

D. 90 microseconds

9. What is the fear of lightning called?

A. Nyctophobia

B. Astraphobia

C. Somniphobia

D. Frigophobia

10. How many people in the world get struck by lightning in a year?

A. 240,00

B. 240,000

C. 430,000

D. 4,200,000

11. How many people are killed annually worldwide by lightning?

A. 100

B. 5000

C. 2000

D. 50000

12. How many times per year is the Empire State Building struck by lightning?

A. 10 times

B. 95 times

C. 55 times

D. 25 times

13. What is the longest lightning strike ever recorded?

A. 110 Miles

B. 220 Miles

C. 310 Miles

D. 510 Miles

 

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