You See Lightning Flash Followed 8 $^{\circ}$ CApproximately How Far Are You from the Lightning?
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question 21

Multiple Choice

You see lightning flash followed 8.2 seconds later by the sound of thunder.The ambient air temperature is 12 $^{\circ}$ C.Approximately how far are you from the lightning?

• A) 1.26 miles
• B) 1.64 miles
• C) 1.69 miles
• D) 1.32 miles

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Definitions:

Herbaceous

Pertaining to plants that have non-woody stems and die back at the end of the growing season to the ground level.

Eudicot

One of the two clades of flowering plants; eudicot seeds

Pith

The central core of tissue in the stems of many vascular plants, often used for storage and transport of nutrients.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.