If air and cloud are good conductors of electricity, what is the likelihood of lightning occurring?

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Lightning intensity will decrease but still occur

Lightning will occur frequently

Lightning will not occur at all

Lightning may occur occasionally

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

When air and cloud are good conductors of electricity, it means that they can easily allow the flow of electric charges. In a conductor, there is no separation of charges, and any charges collected in the clouds will continuously transfer through the conductive air.

Because of this continuous transfer of charges, the clouds will not accumulate enough charge to create a potential difference necessary for lightning to occur. In a lightning strike, there is a massive discharge of electric energy between the charged clouds and the ground or between two oppositely charged clouds.

However, if the air and cloud were good conductors, the charges would move freely, and there would be no buildup of charge separation required for lightning.

Therefore, lightning would not occur under these conditions.

The correct answer is Lightning will not occur at all.

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