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Weather – week 9

Exodus 9:23 ‘When ______________ stretched out his ______________

toward the ______________ the Lord sent ______________ and

______________ and lightning flashed down to the ______________.

We see lightning before we hear thunder because __________________
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Try this experiment to learn more about lightning.

Aim: To make your own static electricity as we see in lightning.
Apparatus: Balloon, woollen material. Comb, pieces of tissue paper or polystyrene.
Method: Rub the blown up balloon on the woollen material or jumper for a while then
put it near your ear. Can you hear it crackling? _________

Rub the comb on the woollen material for a while then try to pick up the
tissue paper with it. Did it pick up the paper? _________

You have made static electricity by rubbing things together. It was first discovered by

the Greeks in 600BC.

What is a lightning conductor? _____________________________________________________
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Draw a tall building with a conductor running down the side.

I can be safe in a thunderstorm by ____________________________________________
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