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sometimes it does but not allways _______________________________________________________________________ It actually starts from the cloud base when a stepped leader comes down from the cloud base and meets the return stroke from the ground, which is what makes the visible lightning that we see with our eyes. In the nice attempt to educate you, your science teacher was incorrect.
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You were told from a earth science teacher that lightning starts from the ground is this true?
There are many types of lightning STREAMERS that start a lightning strike. There are 3 basic places where streamers will originate from. They can come from a cloud to the ground or the ground to a cloud or from cloud to cloud. So your teacher was correct. But not always from the ground.
Does lightning start from the ground or from the clouds?
Lightning typically starts from the clouds and travels towards the ground.
Does lightning go up or down in the atmosphere?
Lightning travels both up and down in the atmosphere. It starts with a downward leader from the cloud towards the ground, followed by an upward streamer from the ground to meet the downward leader, creating the visible lightning strike.
Does a lightning bolt originate from the ground?
I am 100 percent sure that lightning comes from the clouds. The bottom part of the clouds are sometimes negatively charged and when they get near high objects (usually trees or tall buildings) they release all the negative charged atoms as plasma.
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.
You were told from a earth science teacher that lightning starts from the ground is this true?
There are many types of lightning STREAMERS that start a lightning strike. There are 3 basic places where streamers will originate from. They can come from a cloud to the ground or the ground to a cloud or from cloud to cloud. So your teacher was correct. But not always from the ground.
Does lightning start from the ground or from the clouds?
Lightning typically starts from the clouds and travels towards the ground.
Why is lighting strike so close to the ground here?
because (fork lightning in particular) lightning starts on the ground!
Does lightning go up or down in the atmosphere?
Lightning travels both up and down in the atmosphere. It starts with a downward leader from the cloud towards the ground, followed by an upward streamer from the ground to meet the downward leader, creating the visible lightning strike.
When lightning is it better to be in a car when lightning starts?
Yes it is safer un a car than outside because the metal of the car attracts lightning but safely routes it to the ground but this is not do to your rubber tires as proved by NASA. Maddog1198
Does a lightning bolt originate from the ground?
I am 100 percent sure that lightning comes from the clouds. The bottom part of the clouds are sometimes negatively charged and when they get near high objects (usually trees or tall buildings) they release all the negative charged atoms as plasma.
What is scientific theories differ from scientific laws?
you in a science class with a woman as your teacher and her name starts with c to m
Something that starts with a l for electricity?
One word that starts with the letter "L" for electricity is "lightning." Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
What slogan can you give based in the science theme excellence in science and technology starts in me?
science starts here, starts now.
What science word starts with z?
science words that starts with a
What is a simple way to estimate how far away lightning?
First, watch for lightning. The second it hits the ground, starts counting in seconds. Stop when you hear thunder. divide the seconds by 5 to get how many miles away the lightning is. For kilometers, divide the seconds by 3.
Where is technology starts?
it starts when science formed......
