Is thunder basically a sonic boom?

Thunder is the acoustic shock wave resulting from the extreme heat generated by a lightning flash. This is where air expands so rapidly that it compresses the air in front of it, forming a shock wave similar to a sonic boom. Exploding fireworks produce a similar result.

Does thunder break sound barrier?

The channel heats to about 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit!. The rapid expansion of the heated air around the channel breaks the sound barrier, and you hear thunder. One lightning stoke can generate between 100 million and 1 billion volts of electricity!

Why is Sonic different in sonic boom?

A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. A sonic boom does not occur only at the moment an object crosses the speed of sound; and neither is it heard in all directions emanating from the supersonic object.

Can a punch create a sonic boom?

No, not like cracking a whip. The only sound would be the impact of fist against coat/jaw/head/etc. A whip cracking is the whip actually breaking the speed of sound for a second.

Is thunder a Sonic?

The thunder that a storm makes is also a sonic boom caused by lightning forcing air to move faster than the speed of sound.

Why is Knuckles dumb in sonic boom?

Knuckles was stupid in Boom because the writers thought it would make the show better. They were wrong. In Sonic 3, Knuckles is introduced as someone who was fooled by Dr. except Sonic Boom skipped the whole “Master Emerald guardian” role for him so the original reasons for his stupidity is moot.

Why does Thunder make a boom sound?

The compressed air explodes outward from the channel, forming a shock wave of compressed particles in every direction. Like an explosion, the rapidly expanding waves of compressed air create a loud, booming burst of noise. A massive cloud presages a thunderstorm above Groom, a tiny community along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas panhandle.

What is the speed to reach a sonic boom?

Like at sea level you have to be going 761 miles per hour to generate a sonic boom. But at 20,000 ft you can generate a sonic boom at the speed of 660 miles per hour. I did not know that the pilot of the airplane can not hear the sonic boom. I thought that the sound would be much louder.

Do bullets make a sonic boom?

With a supersonic bullet, you hear and feel a much smaller and higher-pitched crack. An object that is otherwise making no noise will still create a shock wave and thus a sonic boom. An object that has a simple geometry, and a correspondingly simple shock envelope will still create a shock wave and thus a sonic boom.

What produces a sonic boom?

Sonic boom is a common name for the loud noise that is created by the ‘shock wave’ produced by the air-plane that is traveling at speeds greater than that of sound (speed of sound is approximately 332 m/s or 1195 km/hr or 717 miles/hour). These speeds are called supersonic speeds, hence this phenomena is sometimes called the supersonic boom.