alleryLightning passing through sandy soil can form tubes called what?
AStalactites
BFulgurites
CGeodes
DDunes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Fulgurites
1. Lightning melts the sandy soil around its plasma channel.
2. The melted sand hardens into tubular structures called fulgurites.
3. Stalactites form in caves, and dunes are wind piles of sand.
_Source: Wikipedia, Lightning, To nature_
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