Lightning flows ____

a. only in areas of heavy rainfall
b. from the top of a thundercloud to the ground, passing through the lower cloud
c. from the cloud and the ground to a midpoint at low altitude
d. only in the area directly below the thundercloud
e. from the cloud to the ground in short, zig-zagging steps


ANSWER: a

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