What is snow?
|
|
What is snow? |
|
"a snow crystal is a letter sent from heaven" U. Nakaya Snow is a form of frozen water. Snow forms from the water vapor in clouds when the air temperature is below freezing (zero degrees Celsius) and it falls from clouds in white or clear six-sided ice crystals. Snowflakes are soft, white collections of ice crystals. |
|
| To learn more about snow check out these web
sites: http://nsidc.org/NSIDC/EDUCATION/SNOW/snow_FAQ.html (questions and answers about snow) http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ (beautiful pictures of snow crystals) |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Community | Data input | Data plot | Science |