thunder

Lightning rapidly heats surrounding air. This topic is part of Weather within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 13 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.

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Thunder is the sound produced by what?

Answer: Lightning

Bonus fact: Lightning rapidly heats surrounding air.

Why does thunder arrive after the flash is seen?

Answer: Sound travels slower than light

Bonus fact: Light reaches observers almost instantly compared with sound.

What produces thunder's pressure wave?

Answer: Rapid expansion of superheated air

Bonus fact: Lightning heats air to extreme temperatures.

Why is lightning seen before thunder is heard?

Answer: Light travels much faster than sound

Bonus fact: Light reaches an observer far sooner than the slower sound wave.

What local name for Victoria Falls means roughly 'the smoke that thunders'?

Answer: Mosi-oa-Tunya

Bonus fact: The mist plume can be seen from far away.

What causes thunder after a lightning strike?

Answer: Rapid expansion of heated air

Bonus fact: Lightning heats air extremely quickly, producing a shock wave.

Why do you usually see lightning before hearing thunder?

Answer: Light travels much faster than sound

Bonus fact: Light reaches observers almost instantly compared with sound.

What bright flash usually comes before thunder in a storm?

Answer: Lightning

Bonus fact: Thunder is the sound produced by rapidly heated air around a lightning channel.

Which Norse god wields the hammer Mjölnir?

Answer: Thor

Bonus fact: Thor is the Norse god associated with thunder and Mjölnir.

A thunderstorm must include what by definition?

Answer: Thunder and lightning

Bonus fact: Lightning produces thunder.

What weather phenomenon is an electrical discharge from a thunderstorm cloud?

Answer: Lightning

Bonus fact: Thunder is the sound caused when lightning rapidly heats and expands the surrounding air.

Which Marvel hero uses a hammer called Mjolnir?

Answer: Thor

Bonus fact: Thor is based on the thunder god from Norse mythology.

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