average the amount of rain that fell during a lightning storm count number of lightning strikes during a one-hour period record rainfall amounts in storms with and without lightning calculate the number of fires that are caused by lightning strikes
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: A student wants to find out whether storms with lightning produce more rain than storms without lightning. Which is the best way to answer this question?
Possibilities:
- average the amount of rain that fell during a lightning storm
- count number of lightning strikes during a one-hour period
- record rainfall amounts in storms with and without lightning
- calculate the number of fires that are caused by lightning strikes

record rainfall amounts in storms with and without lightning