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How thick is a lightning bolt?
A lightning bolt only is 1/2 an inch wide, but looks tremendously larger due to luminosity.
Why is the thunder is in the zig zag pattern?
The zig zag line is not made by thunder but by lightning. It finds the easiest path from the cloud to earth or to another cloud and this is not always straight, it would seem. The noise of thunder is made by the air, which gets heated a lot by the lightning and expands, collapsing in again rapidly after the strike.
What mysterious lightning appears to glow and float?
That description matches ball lightning, a rare atmospheric phenomenon where glowing balls of light seem to float in the air during thunderstorms. Ball lightning is not completely understood by scientists and remains a topic of research and speculation.
Does lightning always come before thunder?
Thunder and lightning both occur at the same instant. If you are observing them from a distance, then you perceive the lightning first, because the light travels to you much faster than the sound does.Lightning. Its ionization of air is what makes the boom.
What is hotter than a lightning bolt on earth?
Answer 1: Lightning Answer 2: The question may not be as simple as it first appears! "Hotness" is another word for heat which is the amount of energy stored in a substance due to the total kinetic energy of it's molecules. However heat or hotness id also commonly used as another word for temperature which is the average kinetic energy of the motion of the molecules. This might not seem like a big difference, however the difference is important! Mainly because heat is dependant on the volume and composition of the object. For example a bath full of water of 30°C and a cup of water of 30°C both have the same temperature (as temperature is independent of volume) but the bath of water has a lot more heat as it is the sum of the motion of all the molecules and there are obviously more molecules of water in a bathtub full of water than in a cup full. So a bolt of lightning will have a much higher temperature (30,000 °C) than an erupting volcano where lava may have a temperature between 700 to 1300 °C, however the volcano can produce thousands of cubic metres of lava whereas a lightning bolt is of a relatively small volume so the volcano might well have more total energy or heat!
Why does lightning seem to strike tall objects?
Electricity seeks the path of lowest resistance. Arcing to a tall (typically wet) thing usually has a much lower electrical resistance than arcing through the air to the ground. Last time I read about it we were not entirely sure how electrical paths are "chosen" by lightning - speculation includs air ionized by cosmic rays or some such thing - but if that path comes close enough to a tall object it will be a preferred path.
What is World of Warcraft's tallest race?
the troll are the tallest race but they slouch so they don't seem to be the tallest but they are
What does this idiom mean lightning doesn't strike the same place twice?
This isn't an idiom because it means exactly what it says. It is an old saying or proverb. Lightning doesn't seem to strike twice in any one spot, so people say that when they hope that something horrible isn't going to happen again.
Why would you have to watch out if the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder seem occur together?
If thunder and lightning occur together close to you, you are dangerously close to a lightning bolt.
What is the effect of making objects in a painting duller than others?
The duller objects will seem farther away.
How thick is a lightning bolt?
A lightning bolt only is 1/2 an inch wide, but looks tremendously larger due to luminosity.
How does lightning outside make the house seems more delicate?
Lightning outside tends to make a house seem more delicate because there will sometimes be power surges or other anomalies that will make it seem like the house won't hold up in a storm. Lightning makes a person feel less in control of their environment, therefore making it seem like even their house isn't safe.
Why do objects seem to be lighter in water than in air?
Objects are more buoyant in water than in air.
When you observe objects in space why does it seem that the objects you observe are moving across the sky?
Because the earth is rotating.
Why does the moon seem larger than other objects in the sky?
It is closer than most of those other objects.
Why is the thunder is in the zig zag pattern?
The zig zag line is not made by thunder but by lightning. It finds the easiest path from the cloud to earth or to another cloud and this is not always straight, it would seem. The noise of thunder is made by the air, which gets heated a lot by the lightning and expands, collapsing in again rapidly after the strike.
What is the synonym of the word 'appear'?
seem, occur, look to be, come across as, strike you as, emerge, surface, come out
