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Does lightning start from the ground and go up or start from the clouds and go down?
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There are three types of lightening, There is Ground-to-cloud, Cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud.
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Lighting strikes in which direction?
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
Does electricity start from the ground and go up or does it start from the clouds and go down?
i think that electricity starts from the ground
Does it need to be raining for thunder and lightning to occur?
No, it doesn't need to rain for thunder and lightning to occur because the thunder and lightning need cold and warm air so they collide. The clouds are like big batteries and the lightning is the short circuit. also the lightning can be between the clouds and it doesn't strike down to the ground. also if the clouds have temperature conditions and it doesn't have to rain it just creates thunder and lightning.
Does lightning travel from the sky to the ground or the ground to the sky?
What causes lighting??????? What causes lighting???????
Benefits of lightning?
the lightning breaks the atmosphere down to get nitrogen to the ground to aid in plant growth
How does electricity produce lightning?
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.
Does lightning come from the clouds?
The source of lightning in thunderhead clouds is when there is a significant amount of ice in the cloud, most likely hail and there are 2 differing charges in 2 areas. The negative charge is at the bottom of the cloud, while the positive charge is at the top of the cloud. The ground is positively charge until there is an electrical discharge between the negatively charged cloud base and the positively charged ground, then it becomes mostly negative which then can open up the opportunity for a lightning bolt to jump from the top of the cloud, all the way down to the ground in another electrical discharge that is of greater electrical potential (voltage) than the first electrical discharge between the cloud base and the ground. This is because it takes more voltage to have a visible electrical discharge over a longer distance. There has to be 30,000 volts/cm of distance for a visible electrical discharge to occur.
Why do clouds come down to the ground sometimes?
Because they want to!
How do thunderstorms happen grade 6 level?
positive charge clouds and negative charge clouds touch and lightning comes down. BUT IT MAINLY IS ZEUS
Why is fog clouds close to the ground?
It's close to the ground because gravity is pushing it down.
Does lightning go up?
Lightning can strike upwards, from the ground to the sky, and it can also strike downwards, from one cloud to another, or from one part of a cloud to another part. (see: http://www.answers.com/topic/lightning)
Does lightning strike from the sky or ground?
Actually it does BUT it also comes down from the clouds. Now A positive charge is sent up when the negative charge is sent down. They meet but we only see the one sent up because it is slower.
