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What happens when there is lightning but no thunder?
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.
Do lighting and thunder have the same cause?
No. Lightning is caused by electrical charges travelling from clouds to the earth, earth to clouds or cloud to cloud. Thunder is caused by lightning.
What weather condition contributes to a thunderstorm?
when the hot air from higher up meets with cooler, lower air and they collide and create thunder & when thunder happens, lightening is created after thunder
Can thunder cause earthquakes?
Thunder itself does not cause earthquakes. Thunder is the sound caused by the rapid expansion and contraction of air due to lightning. Earthquakes, on the other hand, are caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface.
What happens when it thunders a whole lot?
When there is a lot of thunder, it usually means there is a thunderstorm happening. Thunder is the sound caused by lightning striking as it heats the air around it. The intensity of the thunder can vary depending on the proximity of the lightning strikes.
What happens to the sunlight that hits the surface of the Earth?
Sunlight that hits the Earth's surface is absorbed by the Earth. It is then reflected back.
What happens when the Moon's shadow hits the earth?
an eclipse
What causes eclipses of the moon?
Well, an eclipse is when the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon, and that's when an eclipse happens. So that's basically what happens to cause the eclipses of the moon.
What happens to a meteroid when it hits the Earth's atmosphere?
It burns up (then it is a meteor) and sometimes crashes on Earth (a meteorite)
What happens when a comet or an asteroid hits earth?
You usually get a crater, with surrounding damage.
What happens when thunder occurs?
nothing happens its just a sound.
What song contains Thunder only happens when it's raining?
"Thunder" by Boys Like Girls contains the lyrics "Thunder only happens when it's raining."
What happens to a meteor when it hits earth?
It stops. It may break up or even volatilize.
What happens as an object falls from earth?
the velocity of the object increases until it hits the ground
What is an solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth, and the shadow of the Moon hits the Earth.
When suns light hits a surface of the earth more directly as the area around the equator what happens?
the earth would probably explode
What is solar eclipsed?
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth, and the shadow of the Moon hits the Earth.
