Why do we hear thunder after seeing a flash of lightning ?
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Answer / sanjay
because as we all know the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound.in such cases we can conclude that we firstly see the lightning & than thunder
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Answer / guest
During a lightning flash passage of electricity between the
earth and the clouds or two clouds causes the air through
which it passes, to get heated. This makes it expand thereby
producing sound waves which we hear after the flash has
taken place.
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Answer / jayashree
the velocity of the light is morethan velocity of the
sound. velocity of the sound is 330m/s velocity of the
lightis 3*10^8m/s . so we hear thundar only after the
lightining
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