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Wind shear will usually blow away the ionized air. A separation of charges in a cloud occurs, and allows the electric potentials to increase to an extent that a neutralizing discharge must occur, which comes in the form of lightning.

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What are the negative and positive charges in clouds called?

the positive and negative charges in clouds are the protons and electrons formed from the friction of the water that condensated to make the cloud.


How does lightning form from the ground up?

Lightning forms when positive and negative charges build up in a cloud. The negative charges at the bottom of the cloud attract positive charges on the ground, creating a path for lightning to strike from the ground up.


How does lightning form and strike the ground?

Lightning forms when positive and negative charges in a cloud separate and create an electric field. When the electric field becomes strong enough, it causes a sudden discharge of electricity in the form of lightning. Lightning strikes the ground when the negative charges in the cloud are attracted to the positive charges on the ground, creating a path for the lightning bolt to travel.


Lightning forms when negative charges drop to the lower parts of a cloud and positive charges build up on the ground below?

Correct! This charge separation creates an electric field that eventually leads to a discharge of electricity in the form of lightning, as the negative charges from the cloud and positive charges from the ground balance out.


Lightning forms when charges drop to the lower parts of a cloud and charges build up on the ground below?

When clouds become charged due to the separation of positive and negative charges, lightning can occur when the electrical imbalance is released as a bolt of electricity. This discharge can happen within a cloud, between clouds, or from a cloud to the ground.

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How is lightning is foarmed?

When positive charges go to negative charges in a cloud


What are the negative and positive charges in clouds called?

the positive and negative charges in clouds are the protons and electrons formed from the friction of the water that condensated to make the cloud.


How does lightning form from the ground up?

Lightning forms when positive and negative charges build up in a cloud. The negative charges at the bottom of the cloud attract positive charges on the ground, creating a path for lightning to strike from the ground up.


How does lightning form and strike the ground?

Lightning forms when positive and negative charges in a cloud separate and create an electric field. When the electric field becomes strong enough, it causes a sudden discharge of electricity in the form of lightning. Lightning strikes the ground when the negative charges in the cloud are attracted to the positive charges on the ground, creating a path for the lightning bolt to travel.


Do positive objects contain only positive charges?

No, positive objects can contain a mix of positive and negative charges. For example, in an atom, the nucleus contains positive protons while the surrounding electron cloud contains negative electrons.


Do different areas of a thunderstorm cloud have positive and negative charges?

yes because it is high and low, and high and low are like positive and negative.


Lightning forms when negative charges drop to the lower parts of a cloud and positive charges build up on the ground below?

Correct! This charge separation creates an electric field that eventually leads to a discharge of electricity in the form of lightning, as the negative charges from the cloud and positive charges from the ground balance out.


Lightning forms when?

Lightning happens when the negative charges (electrons) in the bottom of the cloud are attracted to the positive charges (protons) in the ground.


Lightning forms when charges drop to the lower parts of a cloud and charges build up on the ground below?

When clouds become charged due to the separation of positive and negative charges, lightning can occur when the electrical imbalance is released as a bolt of electricity. This discharge can happen within a cloud, between clouds, or from a cloud to the ground.


How does the phenomenon of lightning, which typically starts from the ground up, occur in the atmosphere?

Lightning occurs when electrical charges build up in the atmosphere, usually during a thunderstorm. The charges separate into positive and negative regions, with positive charges building up near the ground and negative charges in the clouds. When the difference in charges becomes strong enough, a channel of ionized air forms, allowing a rapid discharge of electricity to occur, creating a lightning bolt that travels from the ground up or from cloud to cloud.


What occurs when positive and negative electrical charges build up in the cloud?

Lightning


What couses lightning?

in a cumulonimbus cloud (a thunderstorm cloud) there are negative and positive charges. the ground is positive, the lower level of the cloud is negative and the upper level of the cloud is positive. When lightning is about to take place there is one path where negative and positive charges crossing, thus creating an electrical charge, in other works lightning.