Question

Listening to songs by an iPod during a thunderstorm is not safe. Why?

Answer 1

Hint: It is advised not to use the telephone, headphone or any other electrical appliances during thunderstorm lightning as lightning can travel through the wires and produce a shock to anyone using it.

Complete answer:
-A magnetic field is created around the region affected by lightning when it thunders on a rainy day an induced magnetic field is created on any object that is able to conduct electricity. This induced magnetic field creates electricity if the induced magnetic field is larger enough.
-If you use an iPod during a thunderstorm it may create an induced magnetic field due to the lighting. This induced magnetic field may be largely due to a strong magnetic field created by lightning. We know that eardrums are very sensitive and fragile. The induced magnetic field can easily pass through the eardrum by breaking through it and thus damage our ears. This can even cause serious damage to the human brain. Therefore we conclude that it is harmful to us to wear an iPod during thunderstorm or lightning as it may cause serious consequences.

Note: Lightning can travel through wire. Therefore the wires of iPods can conduct lightning and produce a shock to anyone using it. Lightning is an electrical discharge between the ground and the clouds that results from an imbalance of charges and the lightning strike is how those charges are rebalanced. Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production of an electromotive force across an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic field.