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While lightning typically goes from a cloud to the ground and does rarely move upward from the ground, going from one part of the earth to another is unnecessary. Given a piece of negatively charged ground and another positively charged one, the path of least resistance would be through the ground rather than through the air.
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Do you need thunder and lightning to exist?
Thunder is a byproduct of lightning. Lightning creates nitrates which plants require to grow. Other sources of nitrates exist. So lightning assists in helping plants grow.
Why would standing on a beach make your body act like a lightning rod?
Answer: Well, you wouldn't. Lightning would most likely strike and injure or kill you. A lightning rod is a vertical pointed metal rod placed on the tops of buildings. They are connected by heavy wire to a good ground system buried in the ground, or perhaps grounded to the building's plumbing system. When lightning conditions exist, the lightning rod will draw off the electrical buildup, preventing a lightning strike from occurring. The building below the lightning rod is protected from lightning strikes, too.
How is sheet lightning different than lightning strikes?
Sheet lightning is Cloud to Cloud where Lightning is Cloud to Ground.
Does lightning travel from the ground to the air or from the air to the ground?
It Goes From The Ground To Air..
Does heat lightning touch the ground?
No
When lightning hits a lightning rod where does the lightning go?
The ground
What a lightning rob does?
It is called a lightning rod and it protects buildings from lightning by guiding the lightning into the ground.
Do you need thunder and lightning to exist?
Thunder is a byproduct of lightning. Lightning creates nitrates which plants require to grow. Other sources of nitrates exist. So lightning assists in helping plants grow.
Why would standing on a beach make your body act like a lightning rod?
Answer: Well, you wouldn't. Lightning would most likely strike and injure or kill you. A lightning rod is a vertical pointed metal rod placed on the tops of buildings. They are connected by heavy wire to a good ground system buried in the ground, or perhaps grounded to the building's plumbing system. When lightning conditions exist, the lightning rod will draw off the electrical buildup, preventing a lightning strike from occurring. The building below the lightning rod is protected from lightning strikes, too.
Did the lightning bird really exist?
no
How is sheet lightning different than lightning strikes?
Sheet lightning is Cloud to Cloud where Lightning is Cloud to Ground.
Why is lighting strike so close to the ground here?
because (fork lightning in particular) lightning starts on the ground!
Does lightning need oxygen to exist?
No lightning is just energy. It is also found on Venus.
Does lightning travel from the ground to the air or from the air to the ground?
It Goes From The Ground To Air..
What phase does a bolt of lightning exist in?
Plasma
What phase a bolt of lightning exist?
plasma
Does lightning travel from the sky to the ground or the ground to the sky?
What causes lighting??????? What causes lighting???????
