Vocabulary
Academic Word List
- cumulonimbus
- storm cloud
- probability
- lightning
- thunderstorm
- grounded
- conductor
- thunderbolt
- discharge
- transformer
- terminate
- electric
Other Vocabulary
- lookout tower
- Faraday
- propagate
- Park Ranger
- struck
- eyelash
- Guinness World Records
- Shenandoah National Park
Exercise
Pre-Listening
"A temporary lightning tattoo on a "lucky" survivor From "Lichtenberg Figures Due to a Lightning Strike" by Yves Domart, MD, and Emmanuel Garet, MD, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 343:1536, November 23, 2000
Watch the following video and use the questions to begin a discussion. Try to be sure everyone in your group gives their opinion and explains why they hold that opinion before moving on to the next question.
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What do you know about lightning? Are you or anyone you know afraid of lightning or thunderstorms? Is that kind of fear valid?
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How likely is it that you will be struck by lightning in your life?
