Lightning Have you ever seen lightning hit the ground?Lightning is a large static discharge-a transfer of charge between two objects. It happens if there is a buildup of static electricity. A large amount of static electricity is formed when air moves around in thunderclouds. Areas of positive and negative charge build up. When enough charge builds up, there is a static discharge between the cloud and the ground. As the electric charges move through the air, they run into atoms and molecules, making the atoms and molecules light up. Thunder Lightning makes a bright light. It also creates powerful sound waves. Thunder is the sound that lightning makes The electrical energy in a lightning bolt rips electrons off of atoms in the air. This causes great amounts of heat.The air temperature around a lightning bolt can be as high as 30,000^circ C. The heat makes the air around the lightning bolt move faster. This rapid movement of air produces the sound waves that you hear as thunder. 9. Describe What is lightning? __

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Lightning Have you ever seen lightning hit the ground?Lightning is a large static discharge-a transfer of charge between two objects. It happens if there is a buildup of static electricity. A large amount of static electricity is formed when air moves around in thunderclouds. Areas of positive and negative charge build up. When enough charge builds up, there is a static discharge between the cloud and the ground. As the electric charges move through the air, they run into atoms and molecules, making the atoms and molecules light up. Thunder Lightning makes a bright light. It also creates powerful sound waves. Thunder is the sound that lightning makes The electrical energy in a lightning bolt rips electrons off of atoms in the air. This causes great amounts of heat.The air temperature around a lightning bolt can be as high as 30,000^circ C. The heat makes the air around the lightning bolt move faster. This rapid movement of air produces the sound waves that you hear as thunder. 9. Describe What is lightning? __

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Lightning is a large static discharge—a transfer of charge between two objects, specifically between a thundercloud and the ground (or sometimes within the cloud itself). It occurs due to a buildup of static electricity within the thundercloud, created by the movement of air. This buildup results in areas of positive and negative charge, and when the charge difference becomes large enough, a discharge occurs, producing the flash of light we see.

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