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Lightning and thunder comes from the cumulonimbus cloud and hits the earth.

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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.


What costs thunder?

Did you mean 'what causes thunder'. I will say the answer for that question. It is actually the lightning that causes thunder. Lightning causes thunder by super-heating a small area of air which then causes an electric current. According to my knowledge, this is the answer for your question.


Why do thunder and lightning usally happen together?

Thunder is caused by lightning. The energy in a bolt of lightning causes sever vibrations, thunder is those vibrations (dispersed energy).


What causes thunder after a lightning strike?

The electricity in the clouds.


Why there is lightning before thunder?

lighting comes before thunder because it is the heat of lighting that causes thunder


What makes thunder ad lightning?

There are different things that make thunder and lightning. Thunder is made when air expands rapidly which causes the noise. Lightning on the other hand is created by an electric discharge.


Why does lightning cause thunder?

Lightning is an electric discharge from the cloud to ground (although you can have other types, such as cloud to cloud). When the lightning strikes it heats up the surrounding air so fast that it causes an explosion, which is heard as thunder.


Which phenomenon takes first'Lightning'or' Thunder'?

Lightning occurs very slightly sooner, and causes thunder.


What causes more thunder to be happen in a place?

More thunder would be caused by more lightning.


How does thunder?

Thunder is a sound made by lightning, where the sudden increase in pressure and heat from the lightning causes a rapid expansion of air that resulted in a loud sound.


What causes the 5 elements of thunderstorms starting with lightning?

hummidity winds, thunder, lightning, winds


What is produced when static electricity is discharged in the air?

An atmospheric discharge of static electricity is called lightning.