Question

in what circumstance will a flash of lightning travel through the sky and touch the ground ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Does lightning strike from the sky down, or the ground up? The answer is both. Cloud-to-ground lightning comes from the sky down, but the part you see comes from the ground up. A typical cloud-to-ground flash lowers a path of negative electricity (that we cannot see) towards the ground in a series of spurts.

Answer 2

What are the conditions under which a flash of lightning can reach the ground :

Explanation:

• When similar-charged objects repel each other and opposite-charged objects attract each other, negative charges spread out near the base of the cloud.
• A cloud-to-ground lightning strike begins when a stepped leader of negative charges makes contact with the ground.
• Lightning from cloud to ground occurs from the sky down, but it is visible only from the ground up.
• During a typical cloud-to-ground flash, a path of negative electricity (which we cannot see) lowers towards the ground in a series of flashes.