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When lightning strikes 8 km away from you You hear the thunder about 24 seconds after the strike How long after the strike do you see the lightning?
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The speed of sound with dry air at 20 °C (68 °F) is 343 meters / second. Performing some simple algebra 8 kilometers * 1000 meters / kilometer * 1 second / 343 meters = 23.32 seconds. So in this case, the air must be a different temperature or be denser due to more water vapor in the air. The speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 meters / second. Performing some simple algebra. 8 kilometers * 1000 meters / kilometer * 1 second / 299,792,458 meters = 0.0000266 seconds.
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If the earth's surface was an insulator and not a conductor would lightning be able to strike earth's surface?
Yes, but it wouldn't spread.
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Does plasma make up stars and lightning bolts?
Yes. Stars are plasma. Lightning is interesting. A conductive path between (typically) ground and some spot in the sky slowly grows as the potential difference breaks down air and turns it into a plasma. Since plasma is highly conductive, it is this phase-transition that causes the lighting strike by transferring a massive number of electrons that nulls the potential difference.
What is 6000 times hotter than the sun?
a regular lightning bolt is x3 hotter then the sun.Now if ur wondering how the sun is gas that burns in outer space that doesnt break air but lightning is an eletrick bolt that is sudden breaks air and hits ground.And the sun is in outer space which is deadly cold but the sun is heated from cold like if u put ur hand in ice water i believe.
When you count seconds between when you hear thunder and when you see lightning strike what does it tell you?
Since light travels faster than sound, you can tell how many miles away a thunder storm is by counting. Lightning strikes. 5 seconds pass and you heard thunder. The thunder storm is 5 miles away.
How many seconds does lightning strike?
A typical lightning strike lasts for about 0.2 to 0.3 seconds.
Does lightning only strike during thunderstorms?
A thunder storm is one in which a large amount of thunder is heard. Thunder is caused by lightning; it would be more correct to say that a thunderstorm only occurs with lightning strikes.
How does thunder causes?
when lightning strikes it opens up a hole in the air called channel then after lightning strike air collapsed back in creating soundwaves called thunder
How do you figure the distance of storms from you?
If it is a thunderstorm, you check how long it takes to hear the thunder after you see a lightning strike. For every five seconds, the lightning strike is about one mile away. The lightning causes the thunder, and the sound travels at a speed of about one mile per five seconds.
When a lightning bolt strikes the ground the next bolt on average will?
not strike for another 30 seconds
How many seconds behind is the thunder before the lightning?
Light is virtually instantaneous over any distance you'd be aware of a thunderstorm going on. Sound, however, takes five seconds to travel through air for each mile. If the thunder and the lightning are simultaneous, the lightning strike is very close to you. If the thunder is five seconds after the lightning, the lightning was one mile away. If the thunder is ten seconds after the lightning, the lightning was 2 miles away, and so on.
This is a delay of 5 seconds between the time you see a flash of lightning and hear thunder if the temperature is 20 celsius how far away is the lightning strike?
So, the sound travels at about 340 meters per second. The answer is 340 meters X 5 seconds equals 1700 meters away is the lightning strikes.
Is it really true that the lightning strikes first before the thunder or the lightning and thunder strikes together but only the lightning seems to be first because of it's speed of light?
Lightning does indeed strike first, as thunder is the sound created by lightning. According to Wikipedia, lightning heats the air surrounding it by large quantities, which in turn causes the air to expand and create a "Sonic wave" which is similar to a sonic boom.
What is the sound that results from the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike called?
Thunder results from the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike.
Can thunder strike kill?
No. Thunder is the noise that lightning makes.
How do you calculate how far a storm is away?
After you here thunder every 6 seconds until the next lightning strike it is a mile.
