Is lightning a change of state?

Answer 1

there are four different states of matter

there is solid, liquid, gas, and plasma

solid is the state an object is in when the molecules are moving and bouncing off each other the least, they are also incompressible

liquid- in a liquid the molecules bounce around slightly faster than they would in a solid, liquids will conform to their container, but are still incompressible

gas-molecules are bouncing around a lot, so much so that they can fill any container, small or large, these are compressible

plasma-in plasma, molecules are bouncing around so fast, because the molecules are so hot, they hit each other so hard that they rip electrons off of each other, this kind of phenomenon is most commonly seen in nuclear fusion on the sun and in lighting bolts

Answer 2

A change of state is a physical change (not a chemical change).

Answer 3

yes, milk is a liquid and butter is a solid. thus meaning that the milk changed state.

Answer 4

Yes, a lightning bolt is composed of plasma.

Answer 5

Burning is an oxydation, a chemical process.

Answer 6

solid <-> liquid <-> gas

Answer 7

No, it is not.