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the charge of a lightning is positive and negative. The positive is on the top of a lightning cloud and the negative is surrounded on the bottom. As it flashes down it is a negative. However, the ground is a positive charge so as it reaches down, it turns into a positive charge. I hope this will answer you question
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Lightning is electricity. How is charge conserved when lightning strikes?
Because there is a difference in the charge states of the earth and the clouds, resulting from the static electricity built up by water molecules moving about in the thundercloud. When this difference in charge states is equalized, there is usually a visible arc, which we call lightning.
How does static electricity build up in clouds?
Lightning
Ball A has a charge of 3 Coulombs Ball B has a charge of 5 Coulombs What is the net electric charge?
5 COLOUMBS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!?! That is a lot of lightning
Do objects need to be touching to transfer charge?
No. A charged raincloud does a pretty good job of transferring its charge to the ground, through the phenomenon we call "lightning".
Do two things neeed to be touching in order to transfer charge?
No, not if there's enough charge. Clouds in the sky transfer charge to the ground quite readily, without touching. When that happens, we call it "lightning".
What charge does lightning have?
Lightning has an negative charge
Why does green attract lightning?
because it creates a charge and lightning needs eather a negitive charge or a positive charge
What charge does a lightning acquire?
A bolt of lightning is almost pure electrons ... so the charge is negative.
Does lightning charge the sun?
No, lightning does not affect the sun.
Is lightning AC or DC voltage?
Lightning is static electricity. It's a buildup of charge, and it is facilitated by charge separation. In that light, it is DC.
How is charge separated in a lightning bolt?
The charge separates.
Is it true that Lightning results from an accumulation of electrostatic charge.?
Yes, that's basically what lightning is about - a discharge of this accumulated charge.
What is the lightning between clouds?
Lightning is just really large static. Lightning between clouds is called cloud lightning or sheet lightning and is caused when one cloud has an excessive charge and another cloud has an excessive amount of the opposite cloud. The lightning is used to relieve the clouds charge.
When lightning strikes a lightning rod Where is the last place the charge flows?
A lightning rod is grounded, meaning it connects to the ground, and the ground is the last place the charge flows to. It is absorbed into the planet Earth.
Do people who have been struck by lightning carry an electrical charge and can they be touched?
People who have been struck by Lightning does not carry a residual charge. Lightning goes straight through the body and into the ground. There would be no electrical charge left and they would be safe to touch.
What happens when lightning strikes the ground?
I read a book by an electrical engineer who said, "When lightning strikes the earth. there is a positive charge in the earth from which sends runners up toward the base of a cumulonimbus cloud which has a negative charge. The negative charge sends out runners toward the runners of positive charge. When the two charges meet, the lightning charge goes toward the earth and the result is a bolt of lightning.
What is ligthing?
ž žLightning is caused by the build up of electrostatic charge in clouds Lightning is caused by the build up of electrostatic charge in clouds
