How is ice different from snow????

Question

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Answer 1

Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes. Since it is composed of small rough particles it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure.

Ice is the name given to any one of the 14 known solid phases of water. However, in non-scientific contexts, it usually describes ice Ih, which is the most abundant of these phases in Earth's biosphere. This type of ice is a soft, delicate, crystalline solid, which can appear transparent or an opaque bluish-white color depending on the presence of impurities such as air. The addition of other materials such as soil may further alter appearance. The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below 0 °C (273.15 K, 32 °F) at standard atmospheric pressure. However, it can also deposit from a vapor with no intervening liquid phase such as in the formation of frost. Ice appears in varied forms such as hail, ice cubes, and glaciers. It plays an important role with many meteorological phenomena. The ice caps of the polar regions are of significance for the global climate and particularly the water cycle.

Answer 2

Though ice and snow are both made up of water, there is a difference between the two. Snow is nothing but the frozen atmospheric vapour which falls in winters on earth as light flakes whereas ice is simply frozen water. Another difference is that snow fall can be seen only in winters at areas of high altitudes and places near the Polar regions where as ice can be seen in any season of the year in our refrigerator.

Answer 3

Snow is water that has been cooled in the atmosphere, so it falls lightly, and lands on the ground and stays in this form because of the cold weather.

Ice on the other hand, is generally snow that has melted from warmer temperatures, and turns to water, and then the temperature drops and the water freezes.

Or, like ice rinks, water is spread out and the cold air freezes it, and it turns to ice.

Snow can turn into ice, but ice can't turn into snow.

Answer 4

Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure.

So...snow is a form of ice. Therefore, this is really just a trick question.

Answer 5

Well see ICE only has 3 letters and SNOW has like 4 or so. And none of the same letters I might add. And they also do not even sound like each other so they are alot different.

Answer 6

Ice is solidified water that froze in one piece. Snow is like rain that has frozen in the air. It becomes lighter due to expansion by freezing and has more surface area and floats gently to earth. Hope this helps. A star for you, baby!!!!

Answer 7

the two ice and snow are frozen water. Snow flakes are crystalized. in case you capture a "clean" snowflake interior the air with a glove, you will discover that it fairly looks like the photographs of snowflakes - hexagonal, and symmetric. For snow to alter into ice, it has to soften first (doing away with that crystalization), and then refreeze. FredFresh

Answer 8

In one way, there is no difference. Snowflakes are ice crystals that are formed in the beautiful and unique shapes that we are familiar with.

However, ice crystals in the shape of hexagonal plates or columns, ice needles, dendrites, etc. also form in (and compose) very cold cirrus clouds and are responsible for producing sun dogs, some halos around the Sun, and other atmospheric optical phenomena.

Ice crystals also form on grass, trees, and just about anything else as hoar frost on very cold mornings, as hail in thunderstorms, in winter they combine into small balls called graupel and fall to the ground, and they produce icing on airplanes in the wintertime.

Answer 9

Ice is dense frozen water, snow is non-dense frozen water shaped in a freaky way and I don't know how. That's why it's softer then ice.

Answer 10

I think ice is a solid but snow is not.