The most common form of lightning strike from a cloud to the ground involves negative charge moving from the cloud to the ground. Just before a lightning strike,

A. the electric field must point toward the sky.
B. the potential must be larger near the cloud.
C. there are no charges on the ground.
D. the potential energy of the electrons in the cloud must be small.


Answer: A

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