Lightning Conductors


 
 
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Lightning Conductors

Lightning conductors: Lightning conductors are used to protect building from the damaging effects of lightning. Lightning strikes buildings or other objects because the materials in them provide an easier path to ground than air. The basic idea behind lightning protection is to provide a direct, easy path for the lightning bolt to enter the ground without passing through a building or any other objects. The lower end of the lightning conductor is connected to a metal plate, which is buried deep under the ground.

                                    

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Question : 1

Benjamin Franklin designed the lightning conductor. This is a thick copper strip running up the outside of a tall building. The upper end of the strip terminates at highest point of the building. The lower end is connected to a metal plate buried in moist Earth. Lightning conductor is made up of copper because it is :

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

A lightning conductor :

Right Option : D
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Question : 3

The lower end of the lightning conductor is connected to a _______________, which is buried deep under the ground.

Right Option : A
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