
Sometimes there is only one lightning stroke,but more often the leader-and-stroke process is repeated in the same ionized channel at intervals of about four-hundredths of a second.The subsequent leader,called a ____________________ proceeds from the cloud along the same channel as the original stepped leader;however,it proceeds downward more quickly because the electrical resistance of the path is now lower.
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