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Electric sparks due to lightning have the same phenomenon as that of the sparks when one takes off the woollen clothes.


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A .   True
B .   False
Answer: Option A
:
A

When woollen clothes are removed in the dark, a spark and a crackling sound is observed. Benjamin Franklin showed that the lightning and the spark from our clothes are essentially the same phenomena of the static electricity. In both cases, transfer of charges takes place which results in sparks.



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