Statistics for EOSC - Lightning

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
thunderstorms have postive and negative ...	charges	100%
aka ...	CG	86%
negative leaders with ground	-CG	86%
positive leader with ground	+CG	86%
percent of ground flashes	5-10%	71%
which then becomes an ...	acoustic wave	71%
	brighter	71%
also called ...	cloud to ground lightning	71%
ground flashes	connects to the ground	71%
recoil leaders form on ...	decayed branches	71%
leaders	electrically conductive channels	71%
creating powerful ...	electric fields	71%
air around lightning ...	explodes	71%
	fields	71%
this whole thing is called a ...	flash	71%
causing ...	flickering	71%
because of the ...	greater distance	71%
	hills	71%
return stroke is ...	hotter	71%
also called ...	intra-cloud lightning	71%
	ions flow down	71%
also ...	lack of branching	71%
	longer	71%
and so are ...	more dangerous	71%
after return stroke, ...	multiple return strokes	71%
most are ...	negative	71%
how CG lightning works	negative step leader	71%
they try to ...	neutralize charges	71%
	one connects	71%
from ...	positive leaders	71%
	positive leaders from ground	71%
	return stroke	71%
and makes a ...	supersonic shockwave	71%
this is called ...	thunder	71%
	TREES	71%
cloud flashes	within the storm	71%
lightning safety	30/30 rule	57%
means ...	30 minutes inside beyond storm	57%
which is ...	30 seconds	57%
to make a spark you need about how many volts?	3 billion	57%
% of people who survive a hit	90%	57%
called ...	a multi stroke CG flash	57%
lightning and trees	BAD	57%
sometimes called ...	branchless lightning	57%
return stroke	brightest flash	57%
	building	57%
	central africa	57%
detection networks	crowd sourced	57%
	divide by 3	57%
if out in open ...	do the lightning safety crouch	57%
where ...	electricity goes around	57%
	exploding	57%
lightning vs cars	faraday cage	57%
where you have ...	feet together	57%
where is lightning?	florida	57%
other detection	from space	57%
	ground currents	57%
	hands over ears	57%
occur from ...	higher positive region	57%
bolt from the blue	lightning from far away	57%
	metallic objects	57%
safe places	metal vehicle	57%
initiate between ...	mid level negative	57%
also primary cause of ...	natural wildfires	57%
how to tell where lightning is	seconds between lightning and thunder	57%
	side flash	57%
and ...	smaller positive region near base	57%
avoid	small structures	57%
causes ...	smooth channels	57%
can use to find ...	storm direction	57%
	water	57%
from ...	weather satellites	57%
	world wide	57%
which have ...	optical transient detectors	43%