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Lightning is extremely hot, with temperatures ranging from 30,000 to 60,00 degrees Fahrenheit. This superheating of the air occurs almost instantaneously, causing the air to expand at a supersonic rate and causing a shock wave that then becomes thunder.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoLightning is a huge discharge of electricity. When lightning strikes huge amounts of electricity shoots through the air, this causes two things to happen.
1. The electricity hits the air and starts it vibrating, anything vibrating causes a sound.
2.The lightning is also very hot and heats up the air around it. Hot air gets bigger: it expands. As lightning is very hot the air gets bigger very quickly and pushes against the air particles starting another vibration.
These vibrations are what you are hearing when you hear thunder, the rumbling of thunder is caused by the vibration or sound bouncing of the ground and the clouds.
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∙ 11y agoThe sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning produces rapid expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave, similar to a sonic boom, which produces the sound of thunder.
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∙ 16y agoIn sound effects made for movies, they do stuff like take a tin foil pan and roll beans around in it to sound like thunder.
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∙ 14y agoThe sound of thunder is caused by the heat of the lightening bolt
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What the sound of thunder?
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
What is the sound of thunder?
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
When was A Sound of Thunder released?
A Sound of Thunder was released on 09/02/2005.
A sound of thunder?
The sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning produces rapid expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave, similar to a sonic boom, which produces the sound of thunder.
What is a narrative hook in a sound of thunder?
In the description of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, can you find examples of taste
How do clouds HOLD lightning and thunder?
they dont. cloud action creates lightning. "vast amounts of static electricity" the release of this electricity makes the air expand and vibrate which creates a sound burst that we hear as thunder.
does thunder causes lighting?
Yes, the energy of the lightning is converted to Heat. The heated air around the lightning expands explosively, and creates the sound waves that you hear as Thunder.
How can we hear thunder?
If you hear the thunder almost at the same time as the lightning flash - the storm is directly overhead. Usually - the sound of thunder arrives a few seconds after the lightning, because light travels much faster than sound.
What the sound of thunder?
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
When was The Sound of Thunder created?
The Sound of Thunder was created in 1981.
When was A Sound of Thunder created?
A Sound of Thunder was created in 1952.
What is the ISBN of The Sound of Thunder?
The ISBN of The Sound of Thunder is 9780330021357.
What is sound made by thunder called?
Strictly speaking thunder doesn't make a sound. Thunder IS the sound made by lightning. Thunder is always proceeded by lightning and the sound is literally the sound of the bolt of lightning ripping through the air at an incredible speed ionising the air, rapidly raising temperature, breaking the sound barrier and physically hitting the earth. The sound can be described as a rumble, a screech, a boom or a crack depending upon your proximity to the lightning and its type.
What is the sound of thunder?
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
When was A Sound of Thunder released?
A Sound of Thunder was released on 09/02/2005.
What was the Production Budget for A Sound of Thunder?
The Production Budget for A Sound of Thunder was $80,000,000.
Which is stronger lighting or thunder?
Thunder is the sound that lightning makes when it strikes so it isn't possible to answer this question. Lightning is a reaction to rising heat from the earth's surface combining with cold air in the clouds. This creates a negatively charged bolt of electricity which streaks through the clouds, and around 20% of this electricity will "attack" a positively charged item, usually on the ground. Since lightning is faster than the speed of sound, it breaks the sound barrier making a sound we call thunder.
