2007-02-01 02:02:32 · 29 answers · asked by pink_laura_21 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Raindrops fall.
2007-02-01 02:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has to deal with the properties of water at different temperatures. When you have rain, water is in a liquid form, and becomes a "droplet". Snow, which is the solid form of water, has a slightly different density. In addition snow is usually made of snowflakes.. which has crystal lattice structure which effects it aerodynamics and thus its movement while "falling".
If you take the kinetics of motion of these particles in air .. many people refer to rain as dropping, and snow as falling. It is important to note that there is no scientfic basis for the naming of
the motion of rain or snow, and the term dropping or falling is usually associated with one's use of the english language.
2007-02-01 10:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by Shaunie81 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the weather center gravity pulls harder on rain then snow crystals. So really drop and fall are the same thing they are both coming out the sky and eventually going to hit the ground.
2007-02-01 10:43:14 · answer #3 · answered by Kiki... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although the term rainfall is also used, rain drops is also used because it falls at a higher velocity. The word "drops" seems to be a more accurate way to describe what rain does. Snow falls at a slower velocity and it seems to be the best way to describe it's descent.
2007-02-01 10:06:14 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rain doesn't drop. It falls.
The individual units of rain are called rain drops. The individual units of snow are called snow flakes.
2007-02-01 10:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rain falls the same as snow, pulled from the sky by gravity
2007-02-03 08:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by samaxius 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the rain falls in little droplets, hence rain drops. Snow is very light in weight and slowly drifts in the wind, falling slowly.
2007-02-01 10:06:56 · answer #7 · answered by Adrienne C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rain is more dense and heavier. Snow is flat like a parachute, lightweight and less dense. Raindrops pick up momentum as they fall, getting faster and faster while snowflakes are light enough to where they hardly ever fall straight down and build up momentum very much.
2007-02-01 10:07:45 · answer #8 · answered by illustratedman7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snow is lighter in weight so therefore floats to the surface and rain drops cause its heavier.
2007-02-01 10:05:34 · answer #9 · answered by Starbucks27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is rain drops and snow flakes. Both fall. Check the weather pages, you have rainfall and snowfall.
2007-02-01 10:11:25 · answer #10 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they mean 2 different things..
its...rain falls n snow falls
and
its..rain drops n snow flakes..
2007-02-04 08:30:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋