What are the exceptions to the rule?
2007-05-25 02:39:37 · 19 answers · asked by Mrs Uncle 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The word Thunder usually describes a sonic shock wave caused by the rapid heating and expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning. The bolt heats the air, rapidly expanding it. This causes an almost explosive turnout, which is commonly known as thunder.
2007-05-25 02:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Thunder is caused by lightning. The sound is made as the air around the lightning bolt rapidly heats and cools. The air around a lightning strike is heated to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (27,500 C), as the air cools it causes a shock wave to occur known as thunder. The closer the lightning is, the louder the clap of thunder will be. You can think of thunder as nature's way of warning you to take cover to avoid being struck by lightning.
I don't know what you mean by exceptions to the rule. This is pretty much it.
2007-05-25 09:44:23 · answer #2 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to sit on the porch and watch storms with my dad. We loved them (still do to this day). He used to tell me that thunder was angels bowling in heaven with Jesus.
He wasn't a church going man (still isn't), but he likes Jesus.
Anyway. The thunder is the sound the lightening makes when it crackles through the atmosphere. Light travels faster than sound, so the lightening appears first, followed by the sound of it. The closer the light and residual sound are together, the closer the storm is to you, and that's sometimes not a good thing.
I don't know about exceptions Aunt Carolyn - maybe some of these nice folks do - in fact, maybe some of these nice folks know something I don't know eh....
blessings :)
2007-05-25 17:03:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thunder is caused by lightning. The sound is made as the air around the lightning bolt rapidly heats and cools. The air around a lightning strike is heated to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (27,500 C), as the air cools it causes a shock wave to occur known as thunder. The closer the lightning is, the louder the clap of thunder will be. You can think of thunder as nature's way of warning you to take cover to avoid being struck by lightning.
2007-05-25 09:46:09 · answer #4 · answered by Moose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the eye of science, it happen due to positive charges attract to negatives charges.
Exceptions to the rule? According to the old stories, God strike the Satan and causes a loud sound which we call thunder.
2007-05-25 10:23:47 · answer #5 · answered by z_jepoh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lightning discharge superheats the air, and the thunder is the sound of the sudden expansion of that air. I don't know that there ARE any exceptions to that rule.
2007-05-25 09:42:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
When lightning strikes, it burns the oxygen in that spot. Air rushes in from all sides to fill the gap. Thunder is the sound of air smashing together.
I don't know.
2007-05-25 09:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, tough question. It used to be Thor who caused thunder. But then some humans found some scientific way to cause thunder, and Thor decided to quit his job.
I hope we won't find some scientific way to create universes, or else some other god might lose his job too :(
2007-05-25 09:45:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Thunder is the sound of lightening. Which is why when you see lightening and count you can tell how far away the storm is. Sounds travels slower then light.
And...well there aren't exceptions. THat's just science.
2007-05-25 09:43:01 · answer #9 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thunder is the sonic boom caused by lightning.
We make sonic booms all the time....it's not that hard to do. If boring old /Homo Sapiens Sapiens/ can do it, I imagine a race with superior technology would have no difficulty.
2007-05-25 09:46:13 · answer #10 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋