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How does the principle of oppposite charges attracting help to produce lightning?
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The polarization of the charges both positive and negative that occurs in a storm cloud results in the strike of lightning. Two mechanisms trigger the polarization process. One is the frictional charging and the other is the freezing process.
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Build up of electric charges?
It is called static.
Is fire and lightning the same?
No. Fire is a combination of chemical and physical changes in which substances interact to release heat, light, smoke and ash. Lightning occurs when the negative charges (electrons) in the bottom of the cloud are attracted to the positive charges (protons) in the ground. In some instances, fire can be created by lightning.
When opposite electrical charges build up in very tall clouds what is produced?
Lightning
What causes red lightning?
Heat lightning is actually ordinary light that is simply too far away for. Lightning is causes as water droplets and ice crystals in a thunderstorm collide and build up electrical charges. These charges are eventually released in massive discharges called lightning.
Do lighting and thunder have the same cause?
No. Lightning is caused by electrical charges travelling from clouds to the earth, earth to clouds or cloud to cloud. Thunder is caused by lightning.
Which interaction of nature binds atoms and molecules by attracting unlike charges and repulsing like charges?
electromagnetic
Lightning forms when?
Lightning happens when the negative charges (electrons) in the bottom of the cloud are attracted to the positive charges (protons) in the ground.
How is lightning is foarmed?
When positive charges go to negative charges in a cloud
How does the principle of opposite charges attracting help to produce lightning?
Positively charged particles in a storm cloud float near the top, while negatively charged particles stay near the bottom. If the negatively charged particles clump up too much, they 'jump' somewhere else, to help spread out again. This results in lightning from the attracted particles.
Lightning forms when charges drop to the lower parts of a cloud and charges build up on the ground below?
lightning forms when negative charges drop to the lower parts of a cloud and positive charges build up on the ground below.
When two particles with opposite charges are drawing together its said they are?
Attracting each other.
Is lightning caused by electric charges in clouds?
Yes. Although the development of these charges is still mostly understood, the buildup of opposite charges in the clouds can create a discharge (lightning) between the cloud and the ground, or the cloud and another cloud. Sometimes the distribution of charges can be seen in a dendritic (forked) pattern of lightning bolts. (see related link)
When there are two or more charges the electric fields of each individual charge what by repelling or attracting?
Combine
How like charges affect one another?
they effect one another by attracting to one another. ;)
What occurs when positive and negative electrical charges build up in the cloud?
Lightning
Where do charges build up to make lightning possible?
In clouds
Why is lightning an example of electrical energy?
That means that the energy in the lightning consists of moving electrical charges (electrons in this case).
