ELECTRICITY IN THE CLOUDS.
The warm air has water droplets. During the storm, the droplets and crystals bump together and move apart in the air. This rubbing makes static electrical charges in the clouds. ... When the charge at the bottom gets strong enough, the cloud lets out energy.Aug 19, 2004
What is electricity between clouds called?
Lightning is an electrical discharge produced to balance the differences between positive and negative charges within a cloud, between two clouds, or between the cloud and the ground. ... You've heard the expression, "opposites attract." Well, this is exactly what happens with cloud-to-ground lightning.
Is cloud to cloud lightning dangerous?
Thunder follows lightning as thunder is created from a shockwave in lightning. There are three common types of lightning: cloud to ground, cloud to cloud and cloud to air. Cloud to ground lightning is the most dangerous. ... Positive lightning strikes are not as common but are more dangerous.Mar 26, 2020
What is the charge of a cloud?
Small negatively charged particles called electrons are knocked off some ice and added to other ice as they crash past each other. This separates the positive (+) and negative (-) charges of the cloud. The top of the cloud becomes positively charged while the base of the cloud becomes negatively charged.
Are clouds positively or negatively charged?
Because electrons carry a negative charge, the result is a storm cloud with a negatively charged base and a positively charged top.
Is lightning hotter than the sun?
Lightning is four times hotter than the sun. ... The surface of the sun is around 11,000 degrees F. Scientists determined that temperature more than 20 years ago by examining the light given off by a bolt of lightning.
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