Multiple Choice
Lightning is possibly caused by friction between intense winds and ice crystals as well as ____.
A) charged aerosols in the atmosphere
B) cosmic rays bombarding the tops of cloud and producing ions
C) photon charging from incoming solar radiation
D) electron transfer to an excited state within water molecules
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