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Both. A lightning bolt has many thousands of amps at millions of volts. The planet spins, but also has stationary waves through which it spins. It also has friction. Both of these cause the potential in the air to rise, as well as the earth. And yes..the earth has electricity in it. We don't create electricity from nature. We simply borrow it, make it do our bidding, and return it to ground...or "earth"
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∙ 13y agoLightning is the result of the buildup of static electric charges. When the voltage is high enough, the extreme voltage forces the atoms and molecules in the atmosphere to ionize and conduct. The arc starts and the bolt forms. The bolt of lightning, driven by a large voltage, represents thousands of amps of current moving along the ionized pathway. All this activity acts to neutralize the charges that built up to cause the lightning. Lightning is static electricity that cause a voltage buildup that results in current flow along the path of the bolt.
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Is lightning a compound?
No. Lightning is static electricity.
What are the two basic types of electricity?
The two types are "static electricity" and "current electricity."
What is static electricity lightning?
Lightning in itself IS static electricity. The only difference between lightning and the little zap you feel when you rub your feet on your carpet and touch something metal is that Lightning is MILLIONS of times more powerful.
What is discharged when lightning strikes?
static electricity
Is lightning alive?
No. Lightning is simply a very large discharge of static electricity.
Is lightning a current or static electricity?
static electricity
How does lightning realate to electricity?
Well i don't know about electricity but i know about static electricity. Lightning is like static electricity, except on a much bigger scale. Both lightning and static electricity happen because of the attraction between the opposite charges. When static electricity moves, it is a current. When static electricity in clouds discharges to earth there is a huge, very short current pulse (surge).
What kind of electricity is lightning an example?
Lightning is an example of static electricity
Is lightning AC or DC voltage?
Lightning is static electricity. It's a buildup of charge, and it is facilitated by charge separation. In that light, it is DC.
Why is current electricity more useful than static electricity?
because static electricity cannot be controlled or manipulated like current electricity (think of the saying "lightning doesnt strike on the same place twice")
What is the difference of static electricity and current electricity?
Current electricity requires an energy source, it would not flow unless there is a complete circuit to flow through continuously and it only flow through conductors where as static electricity does not require all of these. Static electricity can have extra protons or electrons and there foe can be either positively or negatively charged. Current electricity is simply the flow of electrons(negative).
Is lightning a compound?
No. Lightning is static electricity.
What kind of electricity is lightning?
static electricity
What is the difference between lightning and the electricity that you use at home?
There isn't. Thomas Jeffrson couldve Tod you that. Lightning is just a huge charge of electricity from charged up clouds (and the ground, too!)
How does static electricity start?
How does static electricity start?
What is a natural form of static electricity?
A natural form of static electricity is lightning.
What are the two basic types of electricity?
The two types are "static electricity" and "current electricity."
