2007-03-21 04:35:42 · 4 answers · asked by Sunil P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Good question. Here is a brief scientific answer. Lightning heats the path along which it travels creating a large compression wave which is a sound wave which comes to you as thunder, rumbling because it comes from different distances along the path of the lightning arriving at your ear at different times.
2007-03-21 06:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by 1ofSelby's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning bolts are so hot, the air around them greatly expands, and when the thunderbolt leaves, the air molecules rush back to their original position, crashing together to make the sound of thunder.
2007-03-21 04:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thun·der (thndr) KEY
NOUN:
The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning.
2007-03-21 04:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by EGOman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sound of thunder is the sound made when molecues implode into each other.
2007-03-21 07:37:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋