Question

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

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

When we take off the woolen clothes in the dark, we can observe a spark and crackling sound. In 1752 Benjamin Franklin, an American scientist, showed that lightning and the spark from our clothes are essentially the same phenomena. It is because of the static electricity. Transfer of charges takes place which results in woolen.