Does lightning make any noise

Answer 1

No. The visual portion of the energy wave that we see as lightning it's self does not make noise, however this energy wave also displaces air. The air that is displaced by the negative and positive ion charge (that bolt we see) is often heard as a loud "crack" and the air that moves fast enough creates a sonic boom which we hear as thunder.

Answer 2

Thunder is the sound that lightning makes. Sounds simple but why does lightning make a sound. Any sound you hear is made up of vibrations, the vibrations travel through the air as waves until they reach your ear.This means lightning must cause some vibrations.Lightning is a huge discharge of electricity. When lightning strikes huge amounts of electricity shoots through the air, this causes two things to happen.1. The electricity hits the air and starts it vibrating, anything vibrating causes a sound.2.The lightning is also very hot and heats up the air around it. Hot air gets bigger: it expands. As lightning is very hot the air gets bigger very quickly and pushes against the air particles starting another vibration.These vibrations are what you are hearing when you hear thunder, the rumbling of thunder is caused by the vibration or sound bouncing of the ground and the clouds.

Answer 3

lightning makes a noise because of the burning of the heat molecules in the clouds and the lightning bolt

Answer 4

Yes and no. The electrical discharge is silent BUT

the heating of the air causes it to expand rapidly,

producing a sound we call thunder.

Answer 5

Yes. The sound lightning makes is called thunder.

Answer 6

lighning does make a sound but most people refer to it as thunder

Answer 7

Lightening in the sky? Yes. It's like a loud, sharp crack.

Answer 8

Yes, the sound of lightning is thunder, It just strikes faster then sound so you hear the thunder a little later then when the lightning hits

Answer 9

Yes. The sound of lighting is called thunder.