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What happens in a cloud to cause electrons to move from some particles to others?

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Air molecules and suspended water droplets collide as they swirl around in the clouds. Warmer air and water droplets rise, carrying charges with them. The result is an excess of positive charge near the cloud tops, and an excess of negative charge in the bottom layers of the clouds.

they are knocked off some ice and added to other ice as they crash past each other

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