2007-01-17 14:40:27 · 3 answers · asked by gayle325 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
When lightning passes through the air it heats the air very rapidly. The heating causes a sudden expansion of the air which makes a shock wave. The wave travels through the air at the speed of sound and you hear it as thunder when it reaches your ears. Thunder is just the sound made by the lightning.
2007-01-17 15:13:37 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the sound of lightening, thunder is a very large version of the snapping noise you hear when you give yourself a static shock. The static in the air comes from clouds rubbing against each other and the air. Electrons build in the clouds and discharge into the ground, then you hear a book. The boom is not at the same time because light ravels much faster than sound.
2007-01-17 14:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Don't Fear the Reaper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is moving his furniture That's what my parents told me!!
2007-01-17 15:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by shabo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋