Question

Huge electric spark in the sky before the rain cause ____.
1. Lightning
2. Thunder
3. Hailstorms
4. Cyclonic storms

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lightning

The correct answer is Lightning.

• Lightning is a huge static electric spark that jumps from cloud to cloud or from a cloud to some object on the earth. This usually happens during a heavy rainstorm or thunderstorm.
• Causes of lightning in the sky:
  • Lightning is a flash of light created by electric discharge between clouds or between cloud and the ground or any object on the ground.
  • Most of the lighting are because by negatively charged clouds.
  • The precipitation process within a cloud is a reason lightning occurs.
  • The filaments of lightning flames are having very high temperature even more than the sun surface.
  • Suddenly high temperature and then again low temperature caused by lightning causes thunder in the sky.