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Simon Harward, 1607. A Discourse of the Severall Kinds and Causes of Lightnings. ... M. Hirn. The Sound of Thunder, Scientific American, 59:201(1888); Note: The first correct explanation of thunder. ... THUNDER IS SOUND, the sound of a shockwave, created by lightning.
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What causes the noise that thunder makes and what causes there to be lightning - trivia question /questions answer / answers ... This extreme heating causes the air to expand at an explosive rate. The expansion creates a shock wave that turns into a booming sound wave, better known as thunder. Thus the name thunderstorm.
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Thunder is the sound caused due to lightning. The flash of lightning and the accompanying thunder occur around the same time. However, lightning is seen first, followed by the sound of thunder after few seconds. What Causes Thunder; The cause of thunder has been a subject of discussion for a long time. In the third...
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Welcome to KTBB AM 600, East Texas News/Talk/Sports SuperStation in Tyler, Texas. ... Today is Friday October 09, 2009 ... The sound of thunder is caused by the superheating of the atmosphere by lightning, and the rapid expansion of the air molecules due to the heating. RKP...
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Lightning causes thunder because a strike of lightning is incredibly hot. A typical bolt of lightning can immediately heat the air to between 15,000 to 60,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hotter than the surface of the sun! ... It's that explosion of air that creates sound waves, which we hear and call thunder.
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The sound of thunder is caused by the violent expansion of air that has been heated by lightning. Air is heated instantly when an electrical charge of lightning passes through it. The heat causes the molecules of expand in all directions. ... Question No. 323 : What causes the sound of a thunder during a storm?
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This web site was created for FREE at www.homestead.com. Visit www.homestead.com to get your free web site - no programming required. ... Sound Waves ... The deafening crash of thunder that is heard after the lightning is actually caused by the lightning itself. Read on to learn what causes thunder.
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Today, the causes for thunder and its various voices are well known by atmospheric scientists. In this section we will detail those processes. ... Thunder sound waves originating from the lightning flash do not radiate with equal strength in all directions from the lightning channel. More than 80 percent of the...
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The discharge of electricity during a bolt of lightening heats up the air surrounding the bolt causing rapid expansion of the air. It is this rapid expansion of the air that causes the sound we call thunder.
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