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Lightning is an electric discharge between a positively charged area and?
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∙ 6y ago
It is not a rising of air mass, It is caused by an unbalance in the atmosphere; which an eletric discharge is taking place.
Lightning is an electric discharge between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area.
a rising air mass
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An electric discharge between two oppositely charged surfaces called what?
You have a spark jumping the gap between the surfaces.......
What are electrons held in their shells by?
The law of attraction. In an atom, there are three major components. A proton with a positive electric charge, a neutron with no electric charge, and an electron with a negative electric charge. In science, opposites attract, and since a proton is positively electric, and an electron is negatively electric, they're attracted to one another. This attraction between different polarities of electricity is electromagnetism.
How does a lightning bolt form?
Lightning is caused by electric charges releasing energy. When the denser (positive charges) go to the top of the cloud, the less dense (negative charges) go to the bottom. This creates an electric imbalance of charges. In the ground, the negative charges are pushed away because the positive charges are attracted to the negative charges at the bottom of the cloud. If an object is in the way the lightning does what it has to to get to the ground, so it will get there faster. When the lightning is discharged you only glimpse it for a second until it disappears. It can travel 75 m/sec, so even though it creates light it is a release of energy so it doesn't travel at the speed of light.By Brian Hanglightning is not necessarily formed but is just a large build up of static electricity between a point on the ground and the storm cloud. Its when these plus and minus charges come together to form a lightning strike.Lightning is basically static electricity between the cloud and the ground. The cloud has too much of one charge (normally negative), while the ground has too much of the opposite charge (normally positive). The lightning bolt is the name of the electrical discharge between the two objects. It can also be between cloud-tree, cloud-car, or even (ouch!) cloud-human.Electricity in the air.
What is a bond formed by the attraction between positively-charged metal ions and the electrons in the metal?
it is a metallic bond.
What is the difference between cation and onion?
An onion is a delicious vegetable whereas a cation is a positively charged ion.
What is an electric discharge tar occurs between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area?
lightning
An electric discharge between two oppositely charged surfaces?
Lightning
Formed from electric discharge between positively and negatively charged areas?
An electrical spark.
What is the electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground?
That would be lightning.
What is an electrical discharge between parts of clouds or between a cloud and the ground?
Lightning.
Does lightning have atoms?
No, lightning does not have atoms. Lightning is an electrical discharge that occurs when there is a difference in electrical potential between two points, typically between a cloud and the ground. It is the movement of electrons through the air that creates the lightning bolt.
What is a sudden discharge between parts of a cloud between nearby clouds or between a cloud and the ground?
lightning
What The electrical discharge in lightning often occurs between cloud and ground?
True for A+
What is An electric discharge between two oppositely charging surfaces?
Lightning is a common answer, but the clouds are not really a surface. A spark would be a more general description for this phenomenon, such as in a spark plug in your car's engine.
How does lightning help the enviorment?
lightning helps to reduce the electric field between a storm and the earth
What is an electrical discharge between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground called?
That's called 'lightning'.
How do you use the word lightning in a sentence?
Lightning is a violent electrical discharge between the air and the ground. Example : "The lightning was very bright and scared the little girl."
