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From Dr. R. S. Scorer of Britain’s Imperial College of Science comes the la
From Dr. R. S. Scorer of Britain’s Imperial College of Science comes the la
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2023-11-23
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From Dr. R. S. Scorer of Britain’s Imperial College of Science comes the latest theory about the cause of lightening flashes. Dr. Scorer believes the cause is hail falling through super - cooled clouds, lee particles bouncing off the falling hail acquire a positive charge and rise to the top of the cloud while the hail carries a negative charge to the bottom of the cloud.
According to Dr. Scorer, Benjamin Franklin first proved thunderclouds are charged with electricity. Later investigation showed that the tops of the clouds have a great positive charge and the bottoms a great negative charge.
When the charges become great enough to break down the insulating properties of the air, lightening flashes carry the electricity within the cloud, or from cloud to cloud, or from cloud to earth. But the question remained: how do the charges develop within the cloud?
To seek the cause, Dr. Scorer and his colleagues at the college first duplicated thundercloud currents in a liquid tank. They doubt that mixture takes place only in the tops of the clouds.
Next a study of thunderclouds over the North Atlantic showed that lightening occurs only when the air temperature around the cloud is below freezing. Particles at the top of the cloud begin to freeze, but those in the remainder of the cloud stay unfrozen although below freezing temperature.
To measure moisture, the scientists sent planes equipped with external refrigerated rods into the clouds. The idea was that moisture would freeze on the rods and could later be measured. The men found, however, that some of the moisture particles bounced off the rods. This accidental discovery set the scientists on a new course of action.
In the laboratory, S. E. Reynolds whirled a refrigerated rod through ice particles and found that the particles bounced off the rod acquired a positive charge. This was the missing link. Without hail and super-cooled clouds, he concluded there could be no lightening. [br] What is implied in this passage?
选项
A、Positive charges are in the top of the cloud, negative charges in the bottom.
B、When positive and negative charges within a cloud cannot break down the insulating properties of air, no lightening will be formed.
C、Without hail and thunder, there could be no lightening.
D、Without refrigerated rods, lightening could not be created.
答案
B
解析
见原文第三段“When the charges be-come great enough to break down the insulating proper-ties of the air,lightening flashes carry the electricity... (当电荷足够强大以击穿空气绝缘层时,闪电携带电流……)。”言外之意,当电荷未能击穿空气绝练层时,便不会产生闪电。因此B为正确选项。
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