You might notice that you always see the lightning before you hear the thunder. That’s because . It’s like a race where the light is a superhero flying at top speed, and the sound is a person jogging behind.
Nature likes things to be balanced. When the bottom of the cloud gets too full of negative charges, it wants to get rid of them. It looks for something with a positive charge to connect with, like the ground, a tree, or even another cloud. You might notice that you always see the
When they crash together, they create —the same kind of electricity that makes your hair stand up if you rub a balloon on your head or gives you a little "zap" when you touch a doorknob after walking on carpet. The positive charges move to the top of the cloud, and the negative charges move to the bottom. The Flash: Lightning Nature likes things to be balanced