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During lightning nitrogen and oxygen react to form oxides of nitrogen.


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Solution

The correct option is A

True


Nitrogen is fairly inert, i.e. it does not react easily at normal temperatures. But during lightning, the temperatures can rise to several thousands of degrees, nitrogen reacts with oxygen to form oxides of nitrogen.


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