Question

Explain the formation of lightning

Answer 1

Answer

Water and ice move around inside the cloud; forced up by warm air currents, down by gravity, and compressed in the cloud. Just as rubbing a balloon can create static electricity, the particles in the cloud become charged. ... Once a pathway is completed a spark forms, neutralizing the charge.

Answer 2

Heavier, negatively charged particles sink to the bottom of the cloud. When the positive and negative charges grow large enough, a giant spark - lightning - occurs between the two charges within the cloud. ... Most lightning happens inside a cloud, but sometimes it happens between the cloud and the ground.


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