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How does static electricity build up in clouds?
Lightning
Is static electricity not really static?
Static electricity is static. It's just shortened.
Which is a characteristic of static electricity?
Which is a characteristic of static electricity
Can static be a harm?
If the static charge has enough potential stored, there may be a risk of harm. Most commen occurances of static electricity being discharged is barley enough to sting the average human, leaving no permanent harm. Severe collections of static electricity, such as found in storm clouds, can discharge enough power to form lightening.
What kind of energy produces lighting bolts?
a buildup of static electricity in clouds creates lightening bolts, so electrical energy.
What forms the brilliant flash of lightning bolt?
Static electricity is first created in the clouds then with enough charge the electricity grounds itself to the earth and what you see is the flow of static electricity shifting from the clouds to the ground
What causes lightling and thunder?
static electricity generated in cumulonimbus clouds
What carrys the most static electricity?
Clouds carry a massive amount of static which is discharged as lightning.
How does lightning realate to electricity?
Well i don't know about electricity but i know about static electricity. Lightning is like static electricity, except on a much bigger scale. Both lightning and static electricity happen because of the attraction between the opposite charges. When static electricity moves, it is a current. When static electricity in clouds discharges to earth there is a huge, very short current pulse (surge).
Is the pressure of the clouds being compressed and heated which cause the lightning?
No. It is the buildup of static electricity in the clouds, caused by the motion of the air within the clouds.
How can static electricity build up on aeroplanes?
It passes from clouds to aircraft and builds up.
What is lightning a form of?
Electricity. Lightning is a stream of electrons traveling between the clouds and the ground. It's just like static electricity shock, but much bigger.
What causes static electricty?
Static electricity is a build up of electrons that are rubbed off by things rubbing against each other. Static electricity is a problem on dry days with low humidity. Even the wind rubbing on cars can build up static electricity, a comb or balloon rubbed against clean hair builds up static electricity and of course lightening is a discharge of static electricity from the clouds to the Earth.
Where does lightning originate?
Dog
Electricity released which has built up in thunder clouds by evening?
The discharge of electricity built up during a storm can be dangerous. It is a static discharge that is generated by positive an negatively charged clouds. When these clouds come in close contact with each other there is an electrical static discharge. This is known as lightning.
Where does lightning and thunder form?
In clouds. It is a very, very strong form of static electricity (static is what makes your hair stand up when you rub it with a balloon.)
Why can static electricity not to be used to run a television?
static electricity is static electricity
