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.
Because lightning is so hot, it heats up the air around it instantly. When air gets hot that fast, it expands (pushes outward) very quickly, like a balloon popping. This creates a huge sound wave that travels through the sky. That sound is what we call . Fun Fact: Why do we see the light first? Nature likes things to be balanced
It all starts inside a big, fluffy thunderstorm cloud called a . Inside these clouds, the air is moving very fast. Bits of ice and raindrops are bumping into each other like bumper cars. Because lightning is so hot, it heats up
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. That sound is what we call