Question

At a time when it is cloudy, there may be frequent thunder and lightning. the sound of thunder takes some time to reach you after you see the lightning. • can you answer why this happens

Answer 1

It is because the speed of light is more than of the speed of sound and that's why we can see the lighting before we hear the sound of the thunder

Answer 2

Answer:

Speed of Light > speed of sound

Explanation:

At a time when it is cloudy, there may be frequent thunder and lightning. the sound of thunder takes some time to reach you after you see the lightning.

Speed of Light = 3 * 10⁸ m / s

speed of sound = 332 m/s

Speed of Light > speed of sound

That's why Sound of thunder takes some time to reach us after we see lighting