How you can tell the following statement is false? Lightning occurs because elec

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How you can tell the following statement is false?

Lightning occurs because electrons in the ground areattracted to the electrons in the clouds.

1 This is clearly false because clouds donot contain electrons. It's not the electrons that attract eachother but the protons that attract eachother.     Lightninghappens because the electrons in the ground are repelled by theelectrons in the clouds. When it comes to charges, oppositesattract & likes repel. Thus, electrons wouldn't be attracted toeach other, they would be repelled. 1 This is clearly false because clouds donot contain electrons. It's not the electrons that attract eachother but the protons that attract eachother.     Lightninghappens because the electrons in the ground are repelled by theelectrons in the clouds. When it comes to charges, oppositesattract & likes repel. Thus, electrons wouldn't be attracted toeach other, they would be repelled. 1 This is clearly false because clouds donot contain electrons. It's not the electrons that attract eachother but the protons that attract eachother.     Lightninghappens because the electrons in the ground are repelled by theelectrons in the clouds. When it comes to charges, oppositesattract & likes repel. Thus, electrons wouldn't be attracted toeach other, they would be repelled. 1

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   When it comes to charges, oppositesattract & likes repel. Thus, electrons wouldn't be attracted toeach other, they would be repelled.

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