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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how is lightning a form of radiant energy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is lightning?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It is a discharge of electricity (moving electrons) right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is radiation? Radiation- "the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So energy emitted as moving particles (electrons) is also lightning. So, lightning is radiant energy.

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