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lightning looks for the quickest route to the ground so that it can have a neutral charge as right now it has a negative charge, the ground is willing to except the electrons, so after the lightning hits the objects it goes down into the ground
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause for example: a skyscraper is taller a house, so would have a greater chance of being hit because it is closer to the sky so it would be easier for the lightning to hit the skyscraper than to travel all the way down to hit the smaller house.
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∙ 14y agoLightning is electricity, electricity will follow the path of least resistance a tree or you has less resistance than air so lightning will hit the tree instead of just the ground. (Electricity will always flow towards the ground)
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∙ 13y agoElectricity 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.
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∙ 12y agoBecausee that's justt the way it is STUPIDD !
everybody knoww thattt.
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∙ 15y agoIt's easier to reach than something farther from its origin. I think.
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∙ 13y agoThey are the first things lightning reaches.
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∙ 12y agoBecause the positive charges in the ground tend to pile up in a tall object.
Alexandra Arbelaez
It’s because it’s the easiest path for the lightning to take. NOT for the other answer a wiki user put.
li albert
because it is closer so it is easier
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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.
How thick is a lightning bolt?
A lightning bolt only is 1/2 an inch wide, but looks tremendously larger due to luminosity.
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!
Can an indoor pool get struck by lightning?
Insurance companies seem to think so. I swim in an indoor pool that is in the LOWER level of an athletic center, and when the front desk hears thunder . . . out we go for 30 minutes! Stupid.I have done extensive research on the web to find an answer to this question. In more than 450 cases I have looked at I have found only two in which one person, who was among others swimming in the ocean, was struck by lightning, and the other was a scuba diver, and the lightning actually struck his tank while he was coming out of the water. The first guy was surfing, so you might even say he was not technically in the water, but on it (perhaps making him more of a target?). I have also found that while people do not seem to be struck by lightning in the water, many, many are struck just after getting out of the water to take shelter. I've yet to find one in which people are struck by lightning in a swimming pool--recently or any time in the "ignorant" past when people "didn't know better" to get out of the water when thunder was heard.The whole idea of a pool-full of people being killed or electrocuted from a single strike in the water is ridiculous. I know it sounds right, though, since water is a good conductor of electricity. I have even read some pretty stupid remarks by "experts" that claim when lightning hits the water it disperses throughout the entire body of water. This is simply not true and research shows that not to be the case (hey, where are the thousands of dead fish that should wash up on shore after a stormy afternoon at the beach?). No "expert" can actually tell the truth about this because it is "conventional knowledge" that you are not to be in the water when thunder is heard--and insurance companies wouldn't like it.How about this one: I found one story in which a man was killed by a lightning strike while sitting in his boat (a common place for people to get struck) while his two friends, who were swimming next to the boat, looked on, completely unharmed!Most people who are struck were hit while standing in the open, not under cover. And what happens when you get out of a pool? Hmmm, suddenly you are a lightning target standing in the open!I've found many stories of people getting struck on a clear day, in their homes, in cars, laying on the ground, under trees, standing next to swimming pools--in short, all the places you are advised to go to take shelter. And only two of people being struck in the water (ocean, to be specific). There are probably more out there, but good luck trying to find them.Perhaps, if proper research was conducted, it might actually turn out that we should all be diving into water when we hear thunder!
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.
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
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.
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 effect of making objects in a painting duller than others?
The duller objects will seem farther away.
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 objects in a painting duller than others?
The duller objects will seem farther away.
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.
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 does the moon seem larger than other objects in the sky?
It is closer than most of those other objects.
What is the imaginary sphere which all objects in the sky seem to be located?
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