Question: When a small hailstone collides with a tiny ice crystal, what usually happens? Negative charges flow from the ice crystal to the hailstone making the

When a small hailstone collides with a tiny ice crystal, what usually happens? Negative charges flow from the ice crystal to the hailstone making the ice crystal positively charged and the hailstone negatively charged. Negative charges flow from the hailstone to the ice crystal making the ice crystal positively charged and the hailstone negatively charged. Negative charges flow from the hailstone to the ice crytsal making the ice crystal zero charged and the hailstone positively charged. Negative charges flow from the hailstone to the ice crystal and then the negative charges flow back to the hailstone creating a lightning bolt

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