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.
thunder trivia questions
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.