I mean, think about it. With all the millions and billions of snowflakes that fall each year in all the different parts of the world, how can we be absolutely possitive that there is not, never was, and never will be a duplicate?
2006-10-21 15:16:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
I've heard it's true...
2006-10-21 15:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This assumption can never be proven. Even if you were to carefully analyze a billion snowflakes and not find a match - that does not eliminate the very next snow flake you analyze as being the same as one of the previous billion you've examined.
The key word in this normally stated theory is that no two snow flakes are EXACTLY alike - and given the number of water molecules and different impurities in each flake - that's most likely a true statement.
2006-10-21 15:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There are no 2 snowflakes alike. right this is the mathematics. If a snowflake grew to become into composed of one hundred variable components, the obtainable mixtures could be ten to the 158th power. that's a quantity greater effective than ten to the seventieth power greater effective than all the atoms interior the universe. yet a snowflake has extremely greater effective than one hundred variable components. It has ten to the 18th molecules in it. meaning that it could take a great e book to even print the size of the variety of cases greater effective the obtainable mixtures are than all the atoms interior the universe. or maybe that's no longer the finished tale. via fact no longer all water molecules are a similar. And apart from, despite the fact that if modern-day concept assumes that subatomic debris which includes quarks, electrons, and neutrinos are continually same with one yet another, it extremely is very presumptuous to have faith that. that's greater possibly that those "suited" debris are extremely not greater "suited" than molecules or atoms. the least puzzling and maximum logical hypothesis is that there are no 2 of something interior the universe that are appropriate twins. Snowflakes, cornflakes, people, grains of sand, stars, atoms, despite the fact that.
2016-11-24 21:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 6 billion in the world, no two are exactly alike. Even twins have their differences.
So why can't all snowflakes be different?
2006-10-21 15:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by punjabi007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't be absolutely positive however, consider people. There are no two people who are alike, even if you consider twins. It depends on how closely you examine the snowflakes. At low resolution there are probably many snowflakes that look the same, however if you improve the resolution you are likely to find subtle differences.
2006-10-21 15:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by professional student 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course all snow flakes are different. Since they consist of different water molecules and assorted minor contaminants, it would be impossible to duplicate a snow fake in every detail. Nature wouldn't "try" to duplicate snow flakes because, they just happen. Now if you want to know if very similar snow flakes exist, that is much more possible/probable. All in all, the simplest things are the easiest to duplicate (close to) exactly. Snow flakes, although small, are not simple.
2006-10-21 15:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by D. Joshcrow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say "GOD" is real but is it REALLY TRUE?
I think of all the MILLIONS and BILLIONS of people believing in something they can't prove, how can we absolutely be certain there is "GOD." The answer is we can't.
I say, do some research for yourself and find out if it's true or not. It will be tough examining trillions of snowflakes, but it would give you something to do in your spare time.
2006-10-21 18:17:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found a snowflake which I KNOW to be identical to one I saw on my glove 2 years ago. Unfortunately, in both cases the evidence melted.
2006-10-21 15:25:32 · answer #8 · answered by Miz Teri 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am afraid snow flakes do not last long enough to really proove or disprove that theory. Truth is that no two snow flakes have ever been found that have the same pattern. It is easy to believe that no two snow flakes are alike, because the are created in random patterns.
2006-10-21 19:45:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are duplicates ,but trying to find them would be.......any way snowflakes are temporary crystal formations that can range in size from a pin head to inches across...........go online and enter sizes of snow flakes into your search engine *** enjoy the learning
2006-10-21 15:25:37 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,snowflakes are never alike.
2006-10-21 16:07:22 · answer #11 · answered by MARIO M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋