1. By: Nadia Akshaj Olivia Aliza
Lightning
By:
Nadia
 Akshaj
 Olivia
 Aliza

2. What is Lightning? A big bolt of electricity from a cloud
Lightning is powerful and strong 
Lightning is also hotter than the surface of the sun
Lightning is one of the fastest things in nature that occur
Lightning is white(all the colors) but appears as any color due moisture haze ,dust, ect.
Lightning is 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 6 times hotter than the sun !
What is Lightning?

3. Causes of lightning
Lightning happens because when hot and cold air combine, they strike.
Air swirls inside clouds made of ice crystals and adds water to make electricity.
Lightning happens when water and ice rub together inside clouds.
Wind rubs ice and water together inside a cloud and that creates a zap!!!
Lightning only happens in cumulonimbus clouds are.

4. Effects of your storm What happens after your storm hits?
Lots of stuff like cars and buildings could burn and break.
Some people are injured and die.
Buildings, cars, trees and plants can get destroyed!
Some of the power may go out.

5. Lightning: Survival Kit
Flash light
Safety kit
Candle
Food
Have a lot of blankets
Safety  instruction manual

6. Did you know... Lightning can create hailstones?
Lightning can travel 186,000 miles (299,338 meters) per second but thunder only travels 1,150 feet (351 meters) per second?
Lightning's name came from the Greek god Zeus?

7. lightning vocabulary Bolt Thunder snow Another word for lightning
Lighting that happens in snow storms 
Cumulous clouds
A wide and long cloud that makes lightning
Stepped ladder
A  stream of weakly charged  particles that flow from a cloud

8. Lightning Quiz 1. What color is lightning?
Questions
1. What color is lightning?
2. Can lightning ruin clouds?
3. Where does lightning happen?
4. Name one thing that is helpful after lightning.
5. What is thunder snow?
6. Can lightning create hailstones?