Question

Lighting and thunder take place in the sky at the same time and same distancefrom us . Lighting is seen earlier and thunder is heard later .Explain why

Answer 1

Sound. Lightening and thunder take place in the sky at the same time and at the same distance from us. Lightening is seen earlier and thunder is heard later. ... Though lightening and thunder take place at the same time, we see light earlier than hearing the sound because light travels faster than sound.

Answer 2

the speed of light is more than the speed of sound.so lightning is seen earlier and thunder is heard later