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 * __Plasma __**
 * plasma screen TVs are actually using plasma in their screens which is why they sometimes buzz and interfere with am radio
 * by far the most common state of matter
 * electrically conductive because it does not bond to atoms or ions
 * can be made by heating and ionizing a gas
 * the sun is plasma because the hydrogen and helium are so hot they turn to plasma
 * //Lightning //**
 * a leader of a lightning bolt, which is, can travel at 140,000 mph
 * can contain up to one billon volts of lightning
 * because of rain, snow, or ice colliding in the lower part of the cloud the cloud is charged negatively and earth is charged positive basically making a giant spark between them
 * something called a step ladder, when talking about lightning is literly a step like increments of negative charge down to earth
 * each increment is approximately 150 feet long
 * a type of lightning called ball lightning is a small, charged sphere that floats, glows, and bounces along oblivious to the laws of gravity or physics, still puzzles scientists
 * thunder is caused because the heat from the lightning vibrates the air making you hear thunder after lightning or without lightning thunder can come from fronts colliding
 * all in all lightning is plasma because the air around it, which is a gas, changes to plasma from heat and electricity
 * //aurora //**
 * caused by solar wind hitting magnetic field
 * reason north and south is because that is the only opening in the magnetic field
 * comes in waves giving it a shockwave shape

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