Question

The role of a lightning rod on top of a building is to :

• A. provide an easy route for the charges discharged by the clouds to the ground
• B. prevent the clouds from accumulating charges
• C. measure the amount of charges accumulated on the clouds
• D. deviate the charges discharged by the clouds to the nearby buildings

Answer 1

The correct option is A

provide an easy route for the charges discharged by the clouds to the ground

The lightning rod provides easy route for the transfer of electric charge to the ground and thus protects the buildings from the effect of lightning.