lightning

# of types of lightning

10

How many times hotter lightning makes the air -- than the surface of the sun

5 times

Lightning going through the air heats the air to how many degrees fahrenheit?

50,000-54,000

Lightning Definition

A movement of electrons between things or places that have opposite electrical charges.

How does lightning form?

An invisible stream -- called a stepped leader --- comes out of a cloud. It moves like a step down toward the ground. When the stepped leader is about 300 feet from the ground, lightning shoots up FROM THE GROUND to meet it in what is called the return stroke. Creates a bright flash of light!

clour to air lightning

Between cloud and air. Weak. Often too far away and high for thunder to be heard.

sheet lightning

Cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-air which lights up cloud. Appears as a BRIGHT SHEET.

What you do if you can't get inside during a thunderstorm.

Find lowest spot and crouch down -- so you are not the tallest thing.

ground to cloud lightning

Less frequent than cloud to ground. Starts from high points such as mountains or towers.

cloud to ground lightning

Less than 10 % of all lightning. Usually during winter storms.

cloud to cloud lightning

Most common form. Runs from lower portion of cloud to upper portion, or between 2 clouds.

bead lightning

Part of lightning stroke may be concealed by clouds or rain or channel may be broken up.

heat lightning

Part of lightning stroke may be concealed by clouds or rain or channel may be broken up.

ball lightning

Rarest. Never photographed. Looks like a lighted sphere. Disappears silently.

forked lightning

Return stroke starts from two different spots on the ground at the same time, creating two channels.

Thunder - definition

When the air heats up quickly and it causes the air to expand, which sounds like an explosion.

ribbon lightning

Wind blows the charged channel so position shifts between return strokes. Lightning appears to sway from cloud.

What you DONT want to touch during a thunderstorm

anything metal

most rare type of lightning

ball lightning

most common type of lightning

cloud-to-cloud lightning

Yellow or orange lightning

dust in the air

Blue Lightning

hail in the cloud (remember hail mary - mary wears blue)

worst place to be if there is lightning

in water, under a tree, in a field, golf course, or mountain top

best place to be if there is lightning

inside a building or car

how lightning is good (first way)

it helps change oxygen to ozone. Ozone protects us from ultraviolet rays.

how lightning is good (second way)

it helps create millions of tons of natural fertilizers from the NITROGEN and OXYGEN in the air.

How many volts of electricity is lightning?

millions

where most lightning occurs

most lightning happens inside a cloud. about 1/5 of all lightning happens between a cloud and the ground. (this is dangerous to people and things on the ground.

Red Lightning

rain in the cloud

white lightning

the air is dry

lightning strikes...

the tallest thing