The answer! Wow, ground-to-sky! A lightning flash travels upward!
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Lightning!
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What did you learn from the video why lightning travels up from the ground to the sky?
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Lightning travels from the ground to the sky. Negative charges from the sky zig zag toward earth forming an electrical pathway between
the cloud and the ground. The negative and positive charges attract and cause the flash of light that continues back up to the clouds.
What did you learn from the video about the Benjamin Franklin experiment?
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There is no right or wrong answer about what you have learned about Ben Franklin. (If you do not know who Benjamin Franklin was, go to
the library or Internet and find out about this famous American!)
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