When lightening strikes, the electricity splits the air. The sounds you hear, thunder, is the air slamming back together
No, thunder cannot make you blind. Thunder is the sound that occurs after lightning, which is a sudden discharge of electricity in the atmosphere. While lightning can potentially cause blindness if someone is struck directly, thunder itself does not have the ability to affect your vision.
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
Strictly speaking thunder doesn't make a sound. Thunder IS the sound made by lightning. Thunder is always proceeded by lightning and the sound is literally the sound of the bolt of lightning ripping through the air at an incredible speed ionising the air, rapidly raising temperature, breaking the sound barrier and physically hitting the earth. The sound can be described as a rumble, a screech, a boom or a crack depending upon your proximity to the lightning and its type.
No, thunder cannot make you deaf. Thunder is a sound caused by lightning, and while it can be very loud, it is not loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage.
It travels because of:The boom efect and what it does and how sound travels.
The ISBN of The Sound of Thunder is 9780330021357.
The Sound of Thunder was created in 1981.
either a volcano or thunder
Thunder i guess but lightning make a sound of thunder so it would probably be both!
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
Thunder is the sound created by lightning. The sound is generated by rapidly expanding gas near the electric arc of a lightning bolt.
A Sound of Thunder was released on 09/02/2005.