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Lightning heats surrounding air to as much as
33,000
degrees C.
Thunder
results from superheated air expanding explosively, generating sound waves.
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What name of which clouds crashing together make thunder?
Clouds do not make thunder, clouds produce lightning. The lightning heats up the surrounding air causing loud blasts of thunder.
Why does lightning cause thunder?
Lightning is an electric discharge from the cloud to ground (although you can have other types, such as cloud to cloud). When the lightning strikes it heats up the surrounding air so fast that it causes an explosion, which is heard as thunder.
Why does thunder usually appear during storms that have lightning?
Thunder is the sound made when lightning violently heats air, so that it expands rapidly (think explosion)
How is the noise of thunder caused?
sound caused by a lightning discharge. Lightning heats the air in its path and causes a large over-pressure of the air within its channel. The channel expands supersonically into the surrounding air as a shock wave and creates an acoustic signal that is heard as thunder. The loudest thunder heard after a flash to the ground is actually produced by the return stroke.
What decreases as air heats up and increases as air cools?
Air pressure
What name of which clouds crashing together make thunder?
Clouds do not make thunder, clouds produce lightning. The lightning heats up the surrounding air causing loud blasts of thunder.
How do you hear thunder?
lightning heats the air which we hear as thunder
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.
Why does lightning cause thunder?
Lightning is an electric discharge from the cloud to ground (although you can have other types, such as cloud to cloud). When the lightning strikes it heats up the surrounding air so fast that it causes an explosion, which is heard as thunder.
How does a hot water radiator heat a room?
The hot water heats the metal of the radiator, which heats the surrounding air. The warm air circles round the room.
What phenomenon is created when lightning suddenly heats the air causing it to expand rapidly?
Diffusion.
How hot can lightning make the surrounding air?
0 Kelvin, so be careful!
Why does thunder usually appear during storms that have lightning?
Thunder is the sound made when lightning violently heats air, so that it expands rapidly (think explosion)
Why thunder occurs?
Lightning is an electrical discharge which heats the air and causes it to expand rapidly, thereby creating a loud sound known as thunder.
What does Rotom in Pokemon diamond look like?
its kinda like an orange diamond with lightning surrounding it. it floats in air.
16 How does thunder form as a result of a lightning bolt?
When a lightning bolt discharges, it creates a 'shockwave' in the surrounding air, which spreads outwards from the source - that's the thunder you hear.
Why does flame of the candle move upwards?
Because it's warm. The air it heats is warmer than the surrounding air so it expands and then is less dense than the surrounding cool air. This means that it rises up towards the ceiling. If you don't understand then search for "convection".
