Author Question: If you see a lightning stroke and then, 15 seconds later, hear the thunder, the lightning is about ... (Read 165 times)

SO00 · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

If you see a lightning stroke and then, 15 seconds later, hear the thunder, the lightning is about ____ miles away.
a. 45
b. 15
c. 5
d. 3
e. 1.5

Question 2

Thunder is caused by
a. the collision between two thunderstorms with opposite electrical charge.
b. the rapid heating of air surrounding a lightning channel.
c. the explosion that occurs when + and - charge collide and neutralize each other.
d. turbulent wind motions inside the thunderstorm.
e. microbursts within the atmosphere.