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Thunderstorms and lightning

Oliver Maz explains the science behind thunderstorms and highlights some aspects that are still not well understood

The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and SQA exam specifications.

We can understand lightning through the study of electrostatics, electric fields and capacitors.

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