Question

What causes thunder and lightning?

Answer 1

Answer:

When a lightning bolt travels from the cloud to the ground it actually opens up a little hole in the air, called a channel. Once then light is gone the air collapses back in and creates a sound wave that we hear as thunder. The reason we see lightning before we hear thunder is because light travels faster than sound!

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Answer 2

Answer:

thunder is caused by lightning . when a lightning bolt travels from clouds to the ground actually opens up a little hole in the air, called channel. once the light is gone, the air collapse back in and create a soundwave that we hear as thunder.