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The electrical discharge in lightning often occurs between cloud and ground?
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The most common lightening occurs completely inside the cloud, called intra-cloud.
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What is an electrical discharge between parts of clouds or between a cloud and the ground?
Lightning.
Does lightning come from the clouds?
The source of lightning in thunderhead clouds is when there is a significant amount of ice in the cloud, most likely hail and there are 2 differing charges in 2 areas. The negative charge is at the bottom of the cloud, while the positive charge is at the top of the cloud. The ground is positively charge until there is an electrical discharge between the negatively charged cloud base and the positively charged ground, then it becomes mostly negative which then can open up the opportunity for a lightning bolt to jump from the top of the cloud, all the way down to the ground in another electrical discharge that is of greater electrical potential (voltage) than the first electrical discharge between the cloud base and the ground. This is because it takes more voltage to have a visible electrical discharge over a longer distance. There has to be 30,000 volts/cm of distance for a visible electrical discharge to occur.
What is an electrical discharge between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground?
lightling
Electricity released which has built up in thunder clouds by evening?
The discharge of electricity built up during a storm can be dangerous. It is a static discharge that is generated by positive an negatively charged clouds. When these clouds come in close contact with each other there is an electrical static discharge. This is known as lightning.
What cause lightning during a thunderstorm?
Since lightning is an electrical current, normally in a thunderstorm, little pieces of ice way up in the cloud collide together fast and hard, making an electrical charge, which then eventually makes an electrical current that is known as lightning.
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.
What The electrical discharge in lightning often occurs between cloud and ground?
True for A+
What is an electrical discharge between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground called?
That's called 'lightning'.
What is an electrical discharge between parts of clouds or a cloud and the ground is called what?
That's called 'lightning'.
What is an electrical discharge between parts of cloud or a cloud and the ground is 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."
How do you describe lightning?
Lightning is the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of a very short duration and a very high voltage between a cloud and the ground.
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.
Does lightning come from the clouds?
The source of lightning in thunderhead clouds is when there is a significant amount of ice in the cloud, most likely hail and there are 2 differing charges in 2 areas. The negative charge is at the bottom of the cloud, while the positive charge is at the top of the cloud. The ground is positively charge until there is an electrical discharge between the negatively charged cloud base and the positively charged ground, then it becomes mostly negative which then can open up the opportunity for a lightning bolt to jump from the top of the cloud, all the way down to the ground in another electrical discharge that is of greater electrical potential (voltage) than the first electrical discharge between the cloud base and the ground. This is because it takes more voltage to have a visible electrical discharge over a longer distance. There has to be 30,000 volts/cm of distance for a visible electrical discharge to occur.
What is it called when lightning strikes the ground?
Static discharge is causes the spark that is seen when electricity in a thunderhead discharges. The most common name for this type of spark or discharge is lightening.
What is an electrical discharge between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground?
lightling
