How is a spark from touching a doorknob the same as a bolt of lightning

When you touch a doorknob, all the charge wants to leave you and go to the doorknob. You see a spark and get a shock as the electrons leave you. Lightning is the result of static electricity. ... Electrons repel each other; they really don't like each other and want to get as far away from each other as possible.

Explanation:

Explanation:

That little spark you get when you touch the doorknob is essentially a miniature lightning bolt. When rain clouds move through the air, they build up positive and negative electric charges (Figure 7). So clouds have static electricity too! And when enough charge builds up, electric charges jump between the cloud and the ground.

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