what is the role of air in the process of lightning ?
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Answer:
Role of air in process of lightning :-
•As the air rises, water vapour cools and forms a cloud.
•When air continues to rise, the cloud gets bigger and bigger. ...
•When the positive and negative charges grow large enough, a giant spark - *lightning* - occurs between the two charges within the cloud. This is like a static electricity sparks you see, but much bigger.
Explanation:
•As lightning passes through the air it heats the air quickly.
•This causes the air to expand rapidly and creates the sound wave we hear as thunder.
•The rapid heating and cooling of the gases within a lightning bolt produces nitric oxide , which combines with oxygen to create nitrogen dioxide especially when it's moving downwind.
•Lightning may play an important role in cleaning the air of pollutants.
•A storm-chasing airplane has shown that lightning can forge large amounts of oxidants.
•These chemicals cleanse the atmosphere by reacting with pollutants such as methane.