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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.
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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.
Does lightning travel from the sky to the ground or the ground to the sky?
What causes lighting??????? What causes lighting???????
How often does cloud-to-ground lightning strike?
less than 10% of all lightning
What is the transfer of electrons from a cloud to the ground during a lightning strike?
what is this called when transfer of electrons from a cloud to the ground
What is the difference between pos and neg lightning strike?
Positive is from cloud to ground. Negative is from ground to cloud.
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.
Does lightning travel from the sky to the ground or the ground to the sky?
What causes lighting??????? What causes lighting???????
What advantage did Zeus have over Percy in The Lightning Thief?
Whenever Percy is high off the ground, Zeus (being god of the sky) can simply strike him with lightning.
What direction does lightning strike?
Lightning strikes from the sky when a channel of charged ions reaches down from the sky to connect with a channel of the opposite charge that is reaching up. This causes a flash of light called a step leader when electricity travels between the charges.
Is lightning a closed circuit?
When a lightning strike occurs, it has closed it's circuit, much like a light switch. Once the contacts in the light switch get close enough to cause current to flow, an arc occurs, all the way until actual contact is made. I maintain that the path of a lightning strike is preprogrammed, just before the actual strike occurs. The ground potential and the charge in the skies potential, feel each other and build up the power/potential to reach each other on the established sensed path. An actual strike occurs by part of the strike rising from the ground and the other part of the strike coming out of the sky, the meeting of the two culminating in the clap/boom noise heard when they meet. The lightning is a closed circuit as soon as the potential meeting of both ground and sky charges are sensed and before the actual strike appears in the sky.
Is it true that lightning can strike on a nice clear blue sky?
no.
Why is lighting strike so close to the ground here?
because (fork lightning in particular) lightning starts on the ground!
How often does cloud-to-ground lightning strike?
less than 10% of all lightning
Is it possible for sheet lightning to strike a person?
No, it is not possible for sheet lightning to strike a person. Sheet lightning refers to the illumination of a widespread area of the sky due to a distant thunderstorm. It does not actually involve a physical discharge of lightning that can strike objects or people.
Does lighting hit something everytime it strikes?
Lightning does not hit something every time it strikes. There are various forms of lightning. Lightning that is classified as "cloud to ground" lightning will strike something in it's path. Another form of lightning is sheet lightning. This type of lighting illuminates the sky and spreads from cloud to cloud.
Is sheet lightning and heat lightning the same thing?
Sheet lightning and Heat lightning are very similar, if not the same. They form the same way, but might strike different. For instance, sheet lightning looks more like a sheet in the sky, (strange eh? :D) and doesn't normally strike down into the ground, and when you have heat lightning, you see differently. But mostly, they form the same way. =D good luck!
Lightning rods work based upon the fact that?
lightning will strike the highest point above ground
