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What Causes Thunder and Lightning?

June 12, 2018 by FreeSchool

  Have you ever wondered what makes thunder and lightning? It turns out that lightning is a form of static electricity created when particles in the clouds rub together and creates a charge which discharges (or releases) as lightning. Come learn the basics of thunder and lightning in just over a minute of your time!

Categories Nature, Science Tags lightning, question, science, thunder, weather
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