![Image showing jagged forks of lightning during a storm.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/001/841/full/SLQ_SCI_ART_01_STATES_OF_MATTER_LIGHTNING_123RF.jpg?1674166949)
A lightning storm is an example of plasma, one of the known states of matter. Plasma is atoms in a very excited state and giving off light.
A lightning storm is an example of plasma, one of the known states of matter. Plasma is atoms in a very excited state and giving off light.