Storm clouds build up large negative charges when wind causes friction between water droplets dust, and ice particles in the cloud. The charge in the cloud induces an opposite and roughly equ charge in the ground below, effectively creating a very large capacitor as shown below, with the cloud being the negative electrode and the ground being the positive electrode. The cloud store enormous - 30 C of charge in a large volume, let's say roughly a sphere of diameter 1 km. The potential difference between the cloud and the ground is roughly 5 x 108 V. 1 km 30 C 5 km + + + + +30 C
Storm clouds build up large negative charges when wind causes friction between water droplets dust, and ice particles in the cloud. The charge in the cloud induces an opposite and roughly equ charge in the ground below, effectively creating a very large capacitor as shown below, with the cloud being the negative electrode and the ground being the positive electrode. The cloud store enormous - 30 C of charge in a large volume, let's say roughly a sphere of diameter 1 km. The potential difference between the cloud and the ground is roughly 5 x 108 V. 1 km 30 C 5 km + + + + +30 C
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Storm clouds build up large negative charges when wind causes friction between water droplets
dust, and ice particles in the cloud. The charge in the cloud induces an opposite and roughly equ
charge in the ground below, effectively creating a very large capacitor as shown below, with the
cloud being the negative electrode and the ground being the positive electrode. The cloud store
enormous - 30 C of charge in a large volume, let's say roughly a sphere of diameter 1 km. The
potential difference between the cloud and the ground is roughly 5 x 108 V.
1 km
- 30 C
5 km
+30 C
Question 12
Estimate the magnitude of the electric field between the cloud and the ground, in SI units. Give
answer to 2 significant digits.
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