No, the two are quite different. The main difference is lightning is light, thunder is sound. Lightning is an electric charge that can come from a cloud for various reasons. Thunder is the sound made by lightning. Since sound travels slower than light, lightning comes first, thunder second.
"Thunder is noise. Lightning is a bolt of electricity coming down from the sky. You always see lightning before you hear thunder because light travels faster than sound." You can get hit by lightning but not by thunder. Lightning hits the ground but thunder does not.
Lightning is the discharge that you would see, it would make a loud sound. That sound would be called Thunder, that is what you would hear after a certain amount of time, that depends on how far the Lightning would be in Miles.
After you see the Lightning you can count every second that goes by until you hear the Thunder. Every second that you count would be 0.2 miles. That means every 5 seconds would be 1 mile.
lightening is lightening and thunder is the sound it makes as it cuts through the atmosphere.
No. Lightning is a large discharge of static electricity.
A thunderstorm is a rain storm that produces thunder and lightning.
they are the same kind of light as lighting form light.they both cause same amount of energy
Thunder makes really loud sounds and lightning just comes with a flash... usually after there is a lighting flash, there is a boom of thunder right after
They aren't the same. Lightning is a stream of accelerated electrons, and thunder is a sound. Thunder is caused by lightning but they are not the same.
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
No. Thunder is the sound produced by lightning. Lightning is a form of electricity.
There is no lightning or thunder during the majority of typhoons. However, lightning and thunder have been occasionally reported during typhoons.
There is a delay between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder because the speed of light (lightning) is much faster than the speed of sound (thunder). Thus, you SEE lightning first, and then you HEAR thunder later.
Thunder is caused by lightning. The energy in a bolt of lightning causes sever vibrations, thunder is those vibrations (dispersed energy).
thunder is the sound of lightning if that is what you are asking
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
The Latin words for thunder and lightning are: Thunder = Tonitrus Lightning = Fulgoris, Fulgor Storm = Procella
thunder and lightning do not come together as lightning is way much faster than thunder.
No. Thunder is the sound produced by lightning. Lightning is a form of electricity.
Lightning causes thunder. Lightning is a massive electrical discharge that you see as a bolt or flash of light. Thunder is the sound caused when the lightning superheats the air, creating a shockwave.
lightning+ thunder-=light'n'thunder
folk beliefs about thunder and lightning
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.
Well, thunder doesn't actually produce lightning. Lightning produces thunder.
Thunder and lightning go hand in hand and basically it is the same arrester that works for both. Yes. Thunder lightning arrester and thunder arrested are the same.
Yes, A Lightning storm produces lightning, thunder comes with the light. Thunder comes after lightning because sound is slower than light.