What Causes Thunder And Lightning? | Thunderstorm | Video For Kids Site

The Spark and the Boom: How Thunder and Lightning Work Have you ever watched a dark sky light up with a giant flash, followed by a loud BOOM that makes your windows rattle? It feels like nature is putting on a giant light show! But even though it looks like magic, it is actually all about science. The Setup: Clouds Getting "Static-y"

You might notice that you always see the lightning before you hear the thunder. That’s because . It’s like a race where the light is a superhero flying at top speed, and the sound is a person jogging behind. The Spark and the Boom: How Thunder and

Nature likes things to be balanced. When the bottom of the cloud gets too full of negative charges, it wants to get rid of them. It looks for something with a positive charge to connect with, like the ground, a tree, or even another cloud. The Setup: Clouds Getting "Static-y" You might notice