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A dark cloud and lightning bolt above a Van de Graaff generator, a conical flask, and positive and negative charge symbols.

Can you handle the voltage and outrun the strike in this lightning science quiz?

Lightning & Static

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

20

Volts

3/q

Air turns to plasma and 30,000 kelvins strike the earth in a microsecond. You think you know how a bolt finds its target or what triggers the thunder? Prove it. Step into the high-voltage zone where only the fastest minds survive the discharge. Earn your rank or get grounded.