2007-12-14 14:53:43 · 6 answers · asked by Not Avalible N 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
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2007-12-14 15:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by paul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh no....lightning is what happens when it rains NDUH!! no jk
What causes lightning?
Lightning is an electric current. Within a thundercloud way up in the sky, many small bits of ice (frozen raindrops) bump into each other as they move around in the air. All of those collisions create an electric charge. After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges. The positive charges or protons form at the top of the cloud and the negative charges or electrons form at the bottom of the cloud. Since opposites attract, that causes a positive charge to build up on the ground beneath the cloud. The grounds electrical charge concentrates around anything that sticks up, such as mountains, people, or single trees. The charge coming up from these points eventually connects with a charge reaching down from the clouds and - zap - lightning strikes!
2007-12-14 23:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Airplanes do not cause lightning. Airplanes in the air do no attract lightning either. Trees or metal objects pointing up do not attract lightning unless they are the closest point to the center of the static charge.
Tests have been done with e.g. the aluminum masts of sailboats and the result is this: If the mast is not earthed (not in electrical contact with the sea) lightning will strike it if it was to strike within a circle of a radius equal to the height of the mast. If the mast is earthed (thus leading the earth's static charge) then the 'radius of action' is one and half the height of the mast.
2007-12-15 12:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by Michel Verheughe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they don't
negative ions build up in clouds sometimes. They become so powerful, that they try to attract toward a positive charge in the ground. They energy becomes like an extremely powerful static shock and the eletricity jumps from the cloud to the ground. in some cases lightning jumps from cloud to cloud, but that is another case
2007-12-14 23:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by broken_glass_101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they dont cause it. lightening is caused by positive and negative ions converging , the result is lightening. Airplanes do however attract lightening because of it being primariy metal
2007-12-14 23:02:41 · answer #5 · answered by fasteddie79103 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-12-14 23:36:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋