A lightning bolt strikes a tree, moving 20.0 C of charge through a potential difference of 1.00

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A lightning bolt strikes a tree, moving 20.0 C of charge through a potential difference of 1.00 x 102 MV. 

(a) What energy was dissipated?

(b) What mass of water could be raised from 15°C to the boiling point and then boiled by this energy? 

(c) Discuss the damage that could be caused to the tree by the expansion of the boiling steam.

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