How come you see lighting and do not hear it and how come you hear thunder and do not see it?

You see lighting and hear thunder.

Yes. Thunder is the sound of lighting hitting the ground. Light travels much faster than sound so you see the lighting first and hear the thunder afterwards. If you see the lighting and hear the thunder right after, then you are closer to wear the lighting struck.

Yes. Thunder is the sound that lighting produces. If you hear thunder that means there is lighting somewhere in your area. You may not be able to see the lightning, however, if it is day.

Thunder and lightning both occur simultaneously. You will see the lighting before you hear the thunder if you are far away from it because light travels faster than sound.

yea u cna see it if its loud enough to shake your windows otherwise no u just hear thunder u see lighting

you will hear the thunder at the same time you see the lightning if you are at the location of the lightning strike.

because lighting is made of plasma- the hottest state of matter. the intense heat makes the air around it pop, and that creates thunder.

Generally, yes. Lighting and thunder originate at the same time, but since light travels much faster than sound, you see the lightning before you hear the thunder. The one exception is if the lighting strikes very close, within a few hundred feet. In this case you see the lightning and hear the thunder at essentially the same time.

Zeus's weapon was obviously a lightening bolt. Lightning is what you see. Thunder is what you hear.

Light is much faster than sound. For example, when there is thunder and lighting you always see the lighting before you hear the thunder even you are right be it.

Because sound travels slower than light

Light travels MUCH faster then sound. Think of how you hear thunder long after you see the lighting.

well when gray clouds come and it gets very dark and the first thing you see is lighting, lighting is the first thing you see before thunder thats how they form.

Even though the lightning and thunder occur at roughly the same time, you would see a distant strike before you would hear it, because the light travels to you about 882 thousand times as fast as the sound does.

Because light travels faster than sound. It's as simple as that.

Light travels faster than sound, that's why you see a lightening strike before you hear the thunder.

It's because the speed of light is much faster than those of sound.

No. Thunder is always caused by lighting, though you cannot always see the lightning.

If there is a window in the bathroom and you can see out of it from the shower stall you will see a flash. If the house is not insulated very well you will probably hear the thunder as well.

You hear the sound, called thunder, after the flash because light travels many times faster than sound and therefore reaches you first.

Because the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. If you are at the sight of the lightening strike then you see and hear the lighting at the same time. The more remote you are the greater the difference between the sight and the sound.

Lightning does not come after thunder. Thunder is the sound produced from lightning. The amount of time in between when you see the lightning and when you hear the thunder makes you think that the thunder comes first but it is in fact the other way around.

Lightning does come before thunder because thunder is the sound lightning make but light is faster than sound so you see it brefore you hear it.

You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.

When lightning comes out of the clouds the clouds open and when the clouds come together again it makes thunder

Lighting is the result of a large potential difference between oppositely charged bodies. The lightning is an electric discharge which rapidly heats the surrounding air, causing thunder.

Compare the speed of light to the speed of sound for your answer. In any explosion, you see the flash before you hear the noise.

You see the lightening, and hear the thunder.

Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Also the speed of light travels much faster than the speed of sound, so people should see lightning before they hear thunder.

Because light travels much faster than sound. Therefore, unless the storm is right overhead - there is always a delay between seeing the lightning flash, and hearing the thunder.

Thunder is always heard after lightning flashes. The sounds from thunder can be heard from miles away, but you can see lightning and NOT hear thunder. Never the other way around.

approximately 3 seconds per Km so just over 3 Km

you dont see thunder you hear it! and you dont hear lightning you see it! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIT! ok so light waves travel fasyer than sound waves

I think that they will be allways together cause when it rains you see the lighting and then [almost inmediately] you can hearthe thunder I guess Or maybe cause she thinks she shines [yeah! really] and lighting does

Thunder and lightning always occur together. However, sometimes it is so far away that you see the lightning but cannot hear the thunder, and sometimes the cloud cover is so thick that you can hear the thunder but cannot see the lightning.

You don't....... You always will see lightning before you hear thunder unless the storm it came from is very very far away, which would mean that the thunder would b extremly loud. The lightning moves so fast you cant realy hear the thunder, but it is there

You do not "see" thunder, you HEAR thunder. And electricity isn't invisible; we call it "lightning", and it is VERY visible indeed.

Actually there is thunder after lightning. The lighting is a electric charge between the ground and the clouds, this charge causes a large boom which is thunder. One would see the lighting before hearing the thunder because light travels faster than sound

Yes and no: it's actually the tiny particles in the water that cause people to get electrocuted, but since you can't really get rid of those, it's best to get out if you see lighting or hear thunder.

Cause the voice comes 10 times faster than the flash so it is not dangerous but in that case it means that probably another flash of lighting is about to strike.

Thunder is what you hear, lightning is what you see, but both are due to electrical discharge in the atmosphere. They can seem to be separated in time to an observer (you see the lightening before you hear the thunder) because of the large difference in the speed of sound and the speed of light. If you are significant distance away (a few miles or kilometers), the light from the discharge will reach you almost…

The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. So when lightning occurs, you can see it sooner than you then hear it. The further away you are from the lightning, the longer it takes for you to hear it. If lightning occurs right near you, you see the flash and hear the thunder at the same time.

because light travels faster than sound an amazing 300000 km/s. this is why we can see lightning vefore we hear thunder

Neither: I do not hear lightning, I see it; if you can hear light you have some very weird brain wiring. Assuming you mean hear thunder, it would be heard sooner when the air temp is 95oF than 77oF as sound travels faster through warmer air.

Lighting always comes just before thunder because it is the heat of lightning that causes thunder. Lightning is seen when there is a discharge of atmospheric electricity in the clouds or between clouds and the ground. The energy from the lightning heats the air and causes a sudden expansion of the air (followed by a rapid contraction), which results in the sound called thunder. Since the heat of lightning causes the expansion that results in…

Lightning causes thunder so it cant help but be faster. light also travels far faster then sound about 298000 kilometres per second (185000 miles per second)so you always see lightning then you hear the thunder,the speed of sound is 235.3 kilometers per hour (767.58 mph)

Count the number of seconds between when you see the lightning flash and when you first hear the thunder. Sound travels at (about) 1100 feet per second, so very 5 seconds between the flash and the sound, represents one mile between you and the lightning strike.

It is the speed you are comparing, not the visualization. ----- The classic way of understanding this involves our experience of lighting and thunder. When you see lightning in the far distance it takes a short time for the thunder produced to reach your ears.

Right when you hear thunder start counting by seconds. When you see lightning, whatever number you got to is how many miles away the storm is.

You see lightning first because light travels faster then sound. Also, you don't see thunder - you hear it.