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How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 2000 meters if sound travels a speed of 330'meters per sec.?
How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 2000 meters if sound travels a speed of 330 meters per sec.
When Sound travels at 348 ms in the warm air surrounding a thunderstorm. How far away was the place of discharge if thunder is heard 4.40 s after a lightning flash?
To determine the distance of the lightning strike, we use the formula Distance = Speed x Time. Given the speed of sound is 348 m/s and the time taken for thunder to be heard is 4.4 seconds, we can calculate the distance. Distance = 348 m/s x 4.4 s = 1531.2 meters. Therefore, the lightning strike was approximately 1531.2 meters away.
How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 1500 meters if sound travels at a speed of 330 meters second?
It would take approximately 4.55 seconds for the sound of thunder to travel 1500 meters at a speed of 330 meters per second. This is calculated by dividing the distance by the speed of sound.
What is the history of the saying you can measure the distance of the storm by counting from the flash of lightning to the sound of thunder?
This is not a saying, it's a fact. The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound, so the further away the lightning is the longer the gap is between the light reaching you and the sound reaching you.
If a car travels 5 meters in 0.2 seconds?
The speed of the car is 25 m/s (5 meters / 0.2 seconds).
How many seconds behind is the thunder before the lightning?
Light is virtually instantaneous over any distance you'd be aware of a thunderstorm going on. Sound, however, takes five seconds to travel through air for each mile. If the thunder and the lightning are simultaneous, the lightning strike is very close to you. If the thunder is five seconds after the lightning, the lightning was one mile away. If the thunder is ten seconds after the lightning, the lightning was 2 miles away, and so on.
This is a delay of 5 seconds between the time you see a flash of lightning and hear thunder if the temperature is 20 celsius how far away is the lightning strike?
So, the sound travels at about 340 meters per second. The answer is 340 meters X 5 seconds equals 1700 meters away is the lightning strikes.
Why is a delay between lighenig and thunder?
The delay between lightning and thunder occurs because light travels much faster than sound. Lightning travels at the speed of light, approximately 299,792 kilometers per second, while thunder travels at the speed of sound, about 343 meters per second in air. As a result, when you see a lightning strike, you may not hear the thunder until several seconds later, depending on your distance from the strike. The general rule of thumb is that for every five seconds between seeing lightning and hearing thunder, the storm is about one mile away.
You hear thunder 13.9 seconds after a lightning flash how far are you from lightning?
You are approximately 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) away from the lightning strike. Sound travels at about 343 meters per second, so by dividing the time gap of 13.9 seconds by the speed of sound, you can calculate the distance.
Which of these two is faster is it lightning or thunder?
The lightning. The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. In addition, lightning creates thunder, therefore it happens first, therefore must be faster. See the related link for more information.
How much time does it take thunder to get to you from a lightning strike 5 miles away?
About 25 seconds. It's closer to 23, but 5 seconds per mile is the general rule of thumb.
Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
We see lightning before we hear thunder because light travels faster than sound. Lightning, which is a flash of light, travels at the speed of light (about 299,792 kilometers per second), while thunder, the sound produced by the rapid expansion of heated air, travels at the speed of sound (approximately 343 meters per second in air). This difference in speeds causes us to see the bright flash of lightning first, followed by the sound of thunder after a delay. The greater the distance from the lightning strike, the longer the delay between seeing the flash and hearing the thunder.
If the storm is 8 kilometers away how many seconds will pass before you hear thunder?
A lightning strike is about 1,100 feet away if you hear the thunder one second after the lightning flash. The distance varies somewhat with temperature, air pressure, and other environmental conditions.
How long would it take thunder from a lightning strike 5 miles away to get to you?
Around 26.2 seconds. Since the sound of thunder travels approximately 340.33 meters per second 340.33 x 5 = 1.701.65 1 mile = 1,609,34 Meters 1.701.65 x 5 = 8.508.25 1.609.34 goes into 8.508.25 5 times, and leaves the remainder 461.55 461.55 - 340.33 = 121.22 5 x 5 +1.2 = 26.2 so about 26.2 seconds Hope this helps :) and Please correct me if I am wrong.
Can you tell how close a storm is by the thunder?
Roughly. Count the seconds between the time you see the lightning and the time you hear the thunder. Since sound travels slower than light, the thunder LAGS the lightning more the farther it travels. The speed of light is so high that it's OK to assume that it reaches you in no time. So the lag between the lightning and the thunder is just the time it takes for the sound to reach you. On paper, all you'd need to know is the speed of sound. Unfortunately, it varies quite a bit depending on atmospheric conditions ... particularly temperature ... and is especially variable around thunderstorms. PLUS -- in the unstable, nonhomogeneous atmosphere around thunderstorms, the sound most likely travels a curved path to you, which is a bit longer than if it traveled straight. But let's ignore all of that, and use the time-lag of the thunder to roughly calculate how far away from you the lightning strike was. With the air temperature in the mid-70's, the speed of sound is about 1125 ft (343 m) per second. If you accurately count the seconds between the appearance of the lightning and the beginning of the sound of thunder, you can translate that number roughly into 1 mile of distance for every 4.7 seconds, or 1 kilometer of distance for every 2.9 seconds.
How far is lightning when you hear thunder?
Sound travels through air at "the speed of sound." Officially, the speed of sound is 331.3 meters per second(1,087 feet per second) in dry air at 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). At a temperature like 28 degrees C (82 degrees F), the speed is 346 meters per second. As you can see, the speed of sound changes depending on the temperature and the humidity; but if you want a round number, then something like 350 meters per second and 1,200 feet per second are reasonable numbers to use. So sound travels 1 kilometer in roughly 3 seconds and 1 mile in roughly 5 seconds. When you see the flash of a lightning bolt, you can start counting seconds and then divide to see how far away the lightning struck. If it takes 10 seconds for the thunder to roll in, the lightning struck about 2 miles or 3 kilometers away.
How much time would it take the sound of thunder to travel 1500 meters if sound travels at a speed of 330 meters per second?
1500 meters/330 meters per second = 4.55 seconds
