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A distant lightning can be seen several seconds before the accompanying thunder is heard. Why?
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Why lightning has no sound?
Lightning does have sound. Depending upon the distance of the lighting bolt, it may be audible instantaneously or it may take several seconds for the sound waves to reach your ears. The further away the lighting, the longer it will take for the thunder to follow.
Can you be struck by lightning even if you are not in rain?
Yes, lightning can extend several miles from a thunderstorm.
What causes claps of thunder?
Lightning is very hot, about 27760 degrees Celsius. When the lightning heats the air around it , the air instantly expands, resounding with a shock wave.The clap is an indication of how close you are to the lightning strike, a sharp bang means you are very close ( the sound will come almost immediately after the strike or at the same time), if you are farther away it will sound like a rumble as the sound waves bounce off the geographical features on its way to you ( the thunder will come several seconds later than the lightning strike )As kids we used to count the seconds that it took for the thunder to resound after a lightning strike to tell how far away it was, one second for one mile
When lightning hits a tornado does it spin?
A tornado spins regarless of whether it is being hit by lighting. Lightning will not affect a tornado in any observable way. The lightning itself will not spin, but the plasma may be swept along by the wind. If the linking has multiple strokes, it may appear to consist of several parallel bolts in a phenomenon called ribbon lighting, which occurs when lightning strikes in the presense of strong winds.
Why does thunder rumbles?
Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun and causes rapid heating of the air. This in turn causes the air to expand then cool & contract equally rapidly thus causing the thunder. You see the light of the flash almost instantly but the sound arrives a lot more slowly (it takes about 5 seconds for every mile distant). A lightning bolt can be several miles long with forks going off in different directions so you hear the sound of the nearest part first followed by that from the farther away parts over the following seconds, gradually getting fainter the farther away it is. Plus the sound bounces of the clouds, surrounding terrain, buildings etc. all adding to the rumble.
Why lightning has no sound?
Lightning does have sound. Depending upon the distance of the lighting bolt, it may be audible instantaneously or it may take several seconds for the sound waves to reach your ears. The further away the lighting, the longer it will take for the thunder to follow.
Can you be struck by lightning even if you are not in rain?
Yes, lightning can extend several miles from a thunderstorm.
Who invented that Light travels faster than sound?
Nobody invented it but it was not hard to discover it. The first person to see a lightning strike would have discovered it as you see the bright light several seconds before you hear the thunder.
Is lightning hotter than the core of the sun?
No. The Sun's core is 16000000 Celsius while lightning a typical lightning bolt is about 25000 Celsius. However, lightning is several times hotter than the surface of the sun.
Can lightning strike through glass?
Yes. A lightning bolt is powerful enough to pass through several thousand feet to several miles of air. A few millimeters of glass is not going to stop it.
What causes claps of thunder?
Lightning is very hot, about 27760 degrees Celsius. When the lightning heats the air around it , the air instantly expands, resounding with a shock wave.The clap is an indication of how close you are to the lightning strike, a sharp bang means you are very close ( the sound will come almost immediately after the strike or at the same time), if you are farther away it will sound like a rumble as the sound waves bounce off the geographical features on its way to you ( the thunder will come several seconds later than the lightning strike )As kids we used to count the seconds that it took for the thunder to resound after a lightning strike to tell how far away it was, one second for one mile
Why do you have 60 seconds in a minute?
Because 60 has several factors.
What is the length of a bolt of lightning?
I don't know sorry! From several hundred feet to a mile or more.
Can lighting come out before rain?
Yes, lightning can strike several miles from a parent storm.
Where in nature could you find a source of the same energy as that provided by batteries?
well the answer is lightning! Since batteries are generally considered to be providing electrical energy, you can look to several sources in nature: Lightning (already mentioned) Static electricity (kind of a small scale version of lightning) Electric eels Transmission of nerve impulses in the nervous systems of organisms.
How much voltage is produced in thunder?
Thunder does not involve voltage, thunder is a sound wave produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by the current flow in a lightning bolt. This current flow is several million amperes!A lightning bolt is produced when the voltage between a cloud and ground or between two clouds is high enough to trigger an ionization cascade in the air between them. This voltage is several million volts!The total power dissipated in each lightning bolt is several million million watts or several trillion watts!
Is lightning McQueen a Ferrari?
No he's not. Lightning McQueen is inspired by several types of stock cars, particularly a Le Mans endurance racer such as a Lola and Ford GT40.
