i think that electricity starts from the ground
There are three types of lightening, There is Ground-to-cloud, Cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud.
Because they want to!
It's close to the ground because gravity is pushing it down.
The clouds are charged with a negative pole which has sub - atomic particles called electrons. And the ground is charged with a positive pole. If you think in the Earth as a giant magnet, the positive charge from the ground starts to attract the negative charged from the clouds. The energy is released in seconds and when it is too strong you can see a lighting in the sky coming down to the ground.
Tornadoes start up in the clouds & make their way down to touch land.
Clouds are made of water that has dried up and become water vapours. These vapours rise into the air and cool down into clouds. When the clouds are completely cooled, it will rain. Clouds can be at a varying height, depending on the vapour density.
Lightning typically comes from the elctrical static in clouds. However it can also come up from the ground and intermingle with a bolt of lightning coming down from the clouds. But mostly from the clouds above.Sandman
Tornadoes come down to the ground by a lowering wall cloud. It is basically a wall of dark clouds descending. If the conditions are right, it can tighten up to become a tornado.
the water on the ground turns into water vapor, then it rises to the clouds. once the clouds get to heavy they turn grayish black and relese the water (rain).
Hailstones start as small pellets of ice in cumulonimbus clouds.They grow larger as they are repeatedly tossed up and down,until they become so heavy that they fall to the ground.
It is pulling us toward the center of the earth. We are lucky we live on Earth and no some planet with a weak gravity where we can fly in the clouds.
Yes, Air can conduct electricity. There are a lot of conditions to it. An classical example would be lightening. Where the Current, or technically, the electrons flow between the clouds to the Ground. Every elements to an extent conduct electricity, what is more important is the amount of resistance they offer to conduct electricity. But when the Voltage or the pressure for the current to flow, the resistance does break down and allows the current to flow. Search for the term called Break down voltage. Its better to read a nice article rather to look for full explaination here..