LIGHTNING

Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions

within clouds or between a cloud and the Earth's surface. A lightning, or bolt, can be several
miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000 Centigrade, that the air around it
suddenly

expands

with

loud

blast.

This

is

the

thunder

we

hear.

Lightning occurs due to negative charges transfer (electrons) to the positive charges
(protons). Scientists suspect jumps own electric sparks occur, there are several steps that are
usually passed. The first is the compression of electric charge on the cloud question. Generally, it
will accumulate at the top of the cloud is a negative electric charge; electricity in the middle is
positively charged, while at the bottom is the negative charge that blend in with the positive
charge. At the bottom of this ordinary lightning.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a
type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and
ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down.
This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them which produces static
electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it discharges it as a lightning flash.
Lightning occurs approximately 4050 times a second worldwide, resulting in nearly 1.4
billion flashes per year. The science of lightning is called fulminology, and the fear of lightning is
called astraphobia.

General Statement

Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the

electrically charged regions within clouds or between a cloud and
the Earth's surface. A lightning, or bolt, can be several miles long.
It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000 Centigrade,
that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast. This is
the thunder we hear.

Sequenced of
Explanation

Lightning occurs due to negative charges transfer

(electrons) to the positive charges (protons). Scientists suspect
jumps own electric sparks occur, there are several steps that are
usually passed. The first is the compression of electric charge on
the cloud question. Generally, it will accumulate at the top of the
cloud is a negative electric charge; electricity in the middle is
positively charged, while at the bottom is the negative charge that
blend in with the positive charge. At the bottom of this ordinary
lightning.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up
to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulonimbus.
When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice
crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning
to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising,
and it is the friction between them which produces static
electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it
discharges it as a lightning flash.

Closing

Lightning occurs approximately 4050 times a second worldwide,

resulting in nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year. The science of
lightning is called fulminology, and the fear of lightning is
called astraphobia.