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Lightning

Lightning. By: Nadia Akshaj  Olivia  Aliza. What is Lightning ?. A big bolt of electricity from a cloud Lightning is powerful and strong Lightning is also hotter than the surface of the sun Lightning is one of the fastest things in nature that occur

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Lightning

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  1. Lightning By: Nadia Akshaj  Olivia  Aliza

  2. What is Lightning? • A big bolt of electricity from a cloud • Lightning is powerful and strong • Lightning is also hotter than the surface of the sun • Lightning is one of the fastest things innature that occur • Lightning is white(all the colors) but appearsas any color due moisture haze ,dust, ect. • Lightning is 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 6times hotter than the sun !

  3. Causes of lightning • Lightning happens because when hot and cold air combine, they strike. • Air swirls inside clouds made of ice crystals and adds water to make electricity. • Lightning happens when water and ice rub together inside clouds. • Wind rubs ice and water together inside a cloud and that creates a zap!!! • Lightning only happens in cumulonimbus clouds are.

  4. Effects of your storm • What happens after your storm hits? • Lots of stuff like cars and buildings could burn and break. • Some people are injured and die. • Buildings, cars, trees and plants can get destroyed! • Some of the power may go out.

  5. Lightning: Survival Kit • Flash light • Safety kit • Candle • Food • Have a lot of blankets • Safety  instruction manual

  6. Did you know... • Lightning can create hailstones? • Lightning can travel 186,000 miles (299,338 meters) per second but thunder only travels 1,150 feet (351 meters) per second? • Lightning's name came from the Greek god Zeus?

  7. lightning vocabulary • Bolt • Another wordfor lightning • Thunder snow • Lighting that happens in snow storms Cumulous clouds • A wide and longcloud that makes lightning • Stepped ladder • A  stream of weaklycharged  particlesthat flow from acloud

  8. Lightning Quiz Questions 1. What color is lightning? 2. Can lightning ruin clouds? 3. Where does lightning happen? 4. Name one thing that is helpful after lightning. 5. What is thunder snow? 6. Can lightning create hailstones?

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