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Thunder and Lightning

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This printable 5th grade science worksheet covers thunder and lightning with fill-in-the-blank questions and a 15-word word bank. Students learn how lightning forms from ice and water particles in clouds, why light travels faster than sound, cloud-to-ground lightning, lightning temperature, and rare phenomena like ball lightning and red sprites. Useful for earth-science units, weather vocabulary, or homework review.

Subject:: Science
Topic:: Earth Science
Grade Level:: 5th Grade
Updated May 2026

Word Bank

Earth
electricity
energy
expands
faster
heats
particles
sound
5
bolt
glowing
millions
sprites
wildfires
winds

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