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I am 100 percent sure that lightning comes from the clouds. The bottom part of the clouds are sometimes negatively charged and when they get near high objects (usually trees or tall buildings) they release all the negative charged atoms as plasma.
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∙ 10y agoThere is such a thing as ground to cloud lightning, cloud-to-cloud, and cloud-to-ground. It depends on the electrical charges that are in the ground and in the clouds in a thunderstorm.
Lightning starts as a net charge in a cloud. The electrical buildup discharges somewhere, whether it is to another cloud or the ground. If the lightning hits the ground, a small arc from the ground starts being pulled upwards toward the lightning. The arcs then connect and massive amounts of electricity is discharged from the cloud to the ground, negating the net charge and letting off a bright burst of light seen as lightning. Thunder is the result of the air immediately surrounding the lightning being heated rapidly and expanding rapidly.
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∙ 14y agolightning originates from electric particles in the sky that cicrulate around in the thunder cloud, then hit the ground. sometimes, lighting can create a 'statue' in the sand on beaches in the sand because it melts the sand together. Lighting can originate from the ground to a cloud, from a cloud to the ground or cloud to cloud.
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∙ 14y agoIt is not proven by a scientist but by my research I have done lightning does in fact come from the ground. Lightning goes both ways (<------ahahah I made a funny) to and from the ground.
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∙ 11y agoLightning comes from the sky, not the ground.
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∙ 14y agoNo, Lightning is a static charge that travels downward, towards the ground.
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∙ 15y agoThere are 3 main places where a lightening strike can originate from.
The cloud to the ground
The ground to a cloud
The cloud to a cloud
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Both the lightning that we can see comes from the ground but the lightning that we can’t see comes from the ground.
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From the ground
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What is the Weakest lightning bolt?
the weakest lightning bolt is ground current in dry land
You were told from a earth science teacher that lightning starts from the ground is this true?
There are many types of lightning STREAMERS that start a lightning strike. There are 3 basic places where streamers will originate from. They can come from a cloud to the ground or the ground to a cloud or from cloud to cloud. So your teacher was correct. But not always from the ground.
Does lightning only occur from cloud to ground?
Double ZapperYes. In fact, visible lightning usually comes up from the ground into the cloud! The lightning bolt is actually retracing a path of weak electricity that the cloud sent down as a sort of "feeler" sensing for the shortest path to take to the ground. So if you're in an open space during a lightning storm, and you feel your hair stand up from static electricity, you might want to run for cover!
Can lightning strike backwards?
Lightning does not strike backwards, from the ground to the sky. It only moves in one direction, from the sky to the ground.By striking backwards, do you mean can the Earth give off a lightning bolt to the clouds? No.
What is the Latin word for lightning bolt?
Fulmen is the Latin word for lightning bolt.
What is the Weakest lightning bolt?
the weakest lightning bolt is ground current in dry land
When a lightning bolt transfers a charge of 17 coulombs when it strikes the ground. How many electrons does the lightning bolt transfer as it strikes the ground?
If a lightening bolt transfers twenty three coulombs to earth how many electrons are transferred?
When a lightning bolt strikes the ground the next bolt on average will?
not strike for another 30 seconds
What is it called when lightning strikes the ground?
Static discharge is causes the spark that is seen when electricity in a thunderhead discharges. The most common name for this type of spark or discharge is lightening.
You were told from a earth science teacher that lightning starts from the ground is this true?
There are many types of lightning STREAMERS that start a lightning strike. There are 3 basic places where streamers will originate from. They can come from a cloud to the ground or the ground to a cloud or from cloud to cloud. So your teacher was correct. But not always from the ground.
Who is the lightning bolt in the olympics?
"Lightning Bolt" is the nickname for Usain Bolt
Can a lightning bolt provide electricity?
Yes, a lightning bolt can provide electricity because a lightning bolt is electricity.
With hou much force does a lightning bolt hit the ground?
nothing happens but thunder usually come after lightning strikes unless it hits an object or a person 2nd Answer: Well . . . lightning does not strike the ground, but you cannot tell because it happens so fast. First, the huge electrical potential that creates lightning bolts sends out feelers from the clouds. Most of these feelers don't progress any farther. But one or two of them reach the ground - a tree, a building, you. That creates a pathway between the ground and the clouds. At that point, a huge discharge of electricity leaps from the ground back up to the cloud. Lightning does all its damage LEAVING the ground, not striking it. Thunder always results from a lightning bolt.
What has the lightning bolt got to do with the Olympics?
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Does lightning only occur from cloud to ground?
Double ZapperYes. In fact, visible lightning usually comes up from the ground into the cloud! The lightning bolt is actually retracing a path of weak electricity that the cloud sent down as a sort of "feeler" sensing for the shortest path to take to the ground. So if you're in an open space during a lightning storm, and you feel your hair stand up from static electricity, you might want to run for cover!
Can lightning strike backwards?
Lightning does not strike backwards, from the ground to the sky. It only moves in one direction, from the sky to the ground.By striking backwards, do you mean can the Earth give off a lightning bolt to the clouds? No.
When was Lightning Bolt - band - created?
Lightning Bolt - band - was created in 1994.
