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You hear the sound, called thunder, after the flash because light travels many times faster than sound and therefore reaches you first.
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Why is not dangerous if you hear thunder long after you see the flash of lightning?
Cause the voice comes 10 times faster than the flash so it is not dangerous but in that case it means that probably another flash of lighting is about to strike.
If the time lag between seeing the flash of lighting and hearing the thunder is 4 seconds how far away is the lighting?
Compare the speed of light to the speed of sound for your answer. In any explosion, you see the flash before you hear the noise.
When you take a showers and there is lighting what happens?
If there is a window in the bathroom and you can see out of it from the shower stall you will see a flash. If the house is not insulated very well you will probably hear the thunder as well.
Can you see thunder or lightning?
You see lighting and hear thunder.
Why is it not dangerous if you hear thunder long after you see a flash of lightning?
The farther in between the two, the farther away the danger.
Is it true that thunder is the sound lighting?
Yes. Thunder is the sound of lighting hitting the ground. Light travels much faster than sound so you see the lighting first and hear the thunder afterwards. If you see the lighting and hear the thunder right after, then you are closer to wear the lighting struck.
What does it mean to see lightning flash from someones eyes?
Unless someone is a comic book character people don't have lighting flash from their eyes.
How come you see lighting and do not hear it and how come you hear thunder and do not see it?
You see lightning before you hear it because light moves faster than sound. Thunder comes from the lightning. You can't hear it until the sound waves reach you.
What happens first when firing a rifle see the flash or hear the sound?
it will appear as though you will see/hear at the same time, but since light travels MUCH faster than sound, the flash comes first, and then the bang
Why do you see thunder after you see the flash of lightning?
You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.
Can you see thunder?
yea u cna see it if its loud enough to shake your windows otherwise no u just hear thunder u see lighting
WHy can you see lighting before you hear thunder?
because lighting is made of plasma- the hottest state of matter. the intense heat makes the air around it pop, and that creates thunder.
