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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 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.


What does positive and negative charges make?

They stem from the nucleus of an atom. The atom is composed of electrons, which emit a negative charge, protons which emit positive charges and neutrons which have a neutral charge. When an atom, had a plus positive or minus negative charged, it is called an ion. ion because it either has an extra electron giving it a negative charge, or its missing an electron, giving it a positive charge


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.


Does wind shear separate the positive and negative charges in a cloud?

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.

Related Questions

What device separates positive and negative charges?

A device that can separate positive and negative charges is a capacitor. Capacitors store electrical energy by storing positive charges on one plate and negative charges on the other plate, creating an electric field between them.


What are the two like charges?

a positive and a positive or a negative and a negative. Object with the same charge. Like charges repel each other.


What are the 2 types of electric charges?

The two types of electric charges are positive and negative. Positive charges repel each other, as do negative charges, while positive and negative charges attract each other.


When polarizing an object what happens to the charge in the object?

They separate, with positive charges on one side and negative charges on the other.


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.


Which of these will different charges do?

Positive charges attract negative charges and repel other positive charges. Negative charges do the opposite, attracting positive charges and repelling other negative charges. Like charges repel and opposite charges attract.


What is true about the number of positive and negative charges in a charged object?

A charged object can have an unequal number of positive and negative charges, resulting in a net charge. An object with more positive charges than negative charges will have a positive net charge, and vice versa for negative charges.


Does current electricity have positive and negative charges?

No electric charges may be positive or negative - electrons have a negative charge; ions have a positive charge.


What is the difference between positive and negative charges?

Positive and negative charges are fundamental properties of matter. Positive charges are associated with protons, which have a positive electrical charge, while negative charges are associated with electrons, which have a negative electrical charge. Opposite charges attract each other, while like charges repel. This interaction between positive and negative charges is what governs the behavior of electricity and magnetism.


What is the difference between positive and negative electric fields?

Positive electric fields point away from positive charges and towards negative charges, while negative electric fields point towards positive charges and away from negative charges. In both cases, the direction indicates the direction that a positive test charge would move if placed in that field.


Does wool have a negative or positive charge?

both because every object has both positive and negative charges but mainly has positive charges.


In which direction do electric field lines go from positive to negative charges?

Electric field lines go from positive charges to negative charges.