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No, lightning is a build up of static electricity. The lightning flash is a very short natural electrical discharge between the thunder clouds and the ground, or from cloud to cloud. The route taken by the lightning creates a vacuum, and the roll of thunder sound is the surrounding air crashing back to refill the vacuum.
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What cause lightning in a storm?
Lightning is caused by the buildup of electrical charges within a storm cloud. When the charge difference between the cloud and the ground or between two parts of a cloud becomes too great, it discharges as a bolt of lightning.
Is lightning AC or DC voltage?
Lightning is static electricity. It's a buildup of charge, and it is facilitated by charge separation. In that light, it is DC.
Is lightning caused by electric charges in clouds?
Yes. Although the development of these charges is still mostly understood, the buildup of opposite charges in the clouds can create a discharge (lightning) between the cloud and the ground, or the cloud and another cloud. Sometimes the distribution of charges can be seen in a dendritic (forked) pattern of lightning bolts. (see related link)
What is cloud to cloud lightning called?
Inter-cloud lightning!
How is sheet lightning different than lightning strikes?
Sheet lightning is Cloud to Cloud where Lightning is Cloud to Ground.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called lightning?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What is it when lightning strikes within one cloud?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What is visible to a person only because light from another source reflects it lightning or flashlight or cloud or sun?
The cloud
What cloud is lightning formed in?
Lightning is formed with a nimbocumilus cloud.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called .?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
Type of lightning that branches across the sky?
cloud to cloud lightning
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called what?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
