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Lightning is a sudden discharge of electrons from clouds to the ground. When storm clouds gather up lots of electrons, which are negative, the electrons are attracted to the ground's positive charge (opposites attract). The cloud's electrons build up so much that they leap to the ground in one stream, causing visible lightning.
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Why do muck- fires cause lightning to strike?
lightning causes muck fires :)
What causes the 5 elements of thunderstorms starting with lightning?
hummidity winds, thunder, lightning, winds
What is the impact of lightning?
Lightning can have various impacts, including causing wildfires, damaging buildings, injuring people or animals, and disrupting power supplies and communication networks. It can also lead to forest destruction and soil erosion.
What is it called when lightning strikes the ground?
Static discharge is causes the spark that is seen when electricity in a thunderhead discharges. The most common name for this type of spark or discharge is lightening.
What causes most deaths Earthquakes lightning Strikes or Hurricanes?
Earthquakes have caused more deaths than hurricanes, and hurricanes have caused more deaths than lightning.
What causes thunerd?
A need for lightning
Why do muck- fires cause lightning to strike?
lightning causes muck fires :)
How can people lesson lightning causes?
To my knowledge, there is no way to lessen the causes of lightning - it is a weather phenomena, and man does not have much control over the weather.
What causes lightning in a snow storm?
Lightning can occur in snowstorms when there are strong updrafts and downdrafts present, along with the presence of charged particles in the atmosphere. These conditions can result in the separation of electric charges, leading to the discharge of lightning.
What causes rainforest fires?
Lightning ? Hope it works
What causes thunder after a lightning strike?
The electricity in the clouds.
What causes the 5 elements of thunderstorms starting with lightning?
hummidity winds, thunder, lightning, winds
Is lightning a ac or a DC?
Lightning causes a DC transient waveform (A large initial current that decays to zero).
What effect does lightning have on atmospheric nitrogen?
Lightning causes N2 to form oxides. NO2, NO3 is made in this process.
Why is lightning accopaied by thunder?
Lightning is an electrical discharge through air. This discharge causes the air around the lightning bolt to violently heat (hotter than the suface of the sun) and expand; the air then quickly cools and contracts. This causes the audible crack or rumble of thunder (depending on your distance from the lightning).
Does thunder cause lightning or does lightning cause thunder. Explain?
Lightning causes thunder. Lightning is a massive electrical discharge that you see as a bolt or flash of light. Thunder is the sound caused when the lightning superheats the air, creating a shockwave.
Which of the following theories are currently being argued as the explanation for the source of the negative charge that causes lightning?
wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning
