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Sound made by rapidly heating and expanding air caused by lightning?
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. The sound caused by air rapidly expanding along a lightning strike is called?
its called thunder
What is caused by rapidly expanding and contracting air masses?
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It is caused by rapidly expanding and contracting air mass?
thunder
Is Lightning caused by friction between rapidly rising and falling air?
I believe lightning is usually caused by the negative and positive neutrons and protons causing an electric shock this is also similar to static electricity, but in a more extream way :)
How does that heat travel the stove to the water in the kettle?
Energy in the form of rapidly moving molecules that are transferred to the kettle, which transfers to the water itself. The heat is caused by the friction of the molecules caused by the heating source.
What causes thinning in the earths crust?
Thinning of the Earth's crust is caused by the Earth's mantle heating up and expanding. As the mantle expands, large areas of the crust fall in, where they are melted.
What is the purpose of lightning?
Lightning is simply a static electrical discharge between opposite charges between clouds, or the clouds and the ground. It occurs in order to cancel out opposing charge surpluses. Thunder is simply the concussion shock wave caused by the explosive heating and expansion of the air immediately around the bolt of lightning.
Is the Replacement of heating and air units covered under homeowners policies?
It depends on whether or not they were damaged by a covered peril of the policy. For example if lightning is a peril covered on your policy, and that caused your heating and air units to stop working, then insurance would cover them.
Why do you need co2 for a paintball gun?
CO2, stored in the tank is highly pressurized. The paintball being shot is caused by it being pushed out by the rapidly expanding gas. CO2 also cycles and reloads the next paintball.
Why did a 9 volt battery get hot in a purse?
A piece of metal (something metallic) may have rested against the pole (positive and negative) and caused the battery to rapidly drain - heating it up in the process.
Local winds can be caused by heating of the Earth's surface?
uneven heating
What type of lightning appears as a broad illumination of parts of a thundercloud caused by the reflection of a lightning flash?
Sheet lightning
