What happens during a lightning storm?
When a bolt of lightning is released, it is five times hotter than the sun. It’s so hot that when it tears across the sky, it super-heats the surrounding air extremely quickly. The air is forced to expand, causing a sonic wave we call thunder.
What causes a lightning storm?
Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves. Most lightning occurs within the clouds. This heat causes surrounding air to rapidly expand and vibrate, which creates the pealing thunder we hear a short time after seeing a lightning flash.
What is lightning and how does it form?
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.
How often does the Eiffel Tower get struck by lightning?
around 10 times a year
Which is hotter lightning or lava?
Lightning because lightning is 70,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Lava is just 2,240 degrees Fahrenheit. So lightning is hotter than lava.
What is the hottest lava on Earth?
Kīlauea lava
What’s the hottest thing in the universe?
The dead star at the center of the Red Spider Nebula has a surface temperature of 250,000 degrees F, which is 25 times the temperature of the Sun’s surface. This white dwarf may, indeed, be the hottest object in the universe.
What’s the most coldest thing on earth?
The Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far.
Can I drink lava?
Lava, or magma that is on the surface of the earth, is around 1,125 degrees. If you tried to eat it, you would suffer burns before you ever got it in your mouth. You wouldn’t be able to swallow it — lava is molten rock, and as such, is extraordinarily dense and viscous.
How do you tell if a diamond is real with a flashlight?
A sparkle test is quick and easy to do since all you need are your eyes. Simply hold your diamond under a normal lamp and observe the bright shimmers of light bouncing off the diamond. A real diamond provides an exceptional sparkle since it reflects white light extremely well.