When snow melts, where does all the white go?

Answer 1

Great question,thats the way to look at life.Question everything. <><

Answer 2

The clouds are white and the white must have come from the clouds in the first place and are also composed of water. So when the clouds formed the snow (snow does come from the clouds, right?). So when the snow melts the white of the snow must have gone back to the clouds so they also could produce more white snow.

It is called the white cycle. Sort of like the water cycle.

So then, which came first, the white clouds or the white snow?

To be, or not to be.......white is the question.

Answer 3

Yeah, and when you burn a piece of paper, where does the white go and where does the black come from?

This really doesn't make a lot of sense. Color is not a substance that must be transferred from place to place. It is a property, and can change leaving absolutely no trace. Snow is white because it is formed of millions of tiny crystals that reflect light around inside them and between them until it comes out white. Technically it is actually clear, but because of all the crystals it mixes up the light and looks white to our eyes. Water is just as clear as snow, but because it is not formed of crystals, it doesn't mix the light around the same way but rather lets it through in a straight line, so it appears clear as well. When snow melts, all you're getting rid of is the crystalline formation of the frozen water.

Answer 4

The white never existed in the first place - it's something of an optical illusion.

Snow is made up of many tiny crystals of ice and these crystals act like prisms. When sunlight (or any other light source) illuminates snow the beans of light are separated into their component colours by the ice crystals. The liught strikes the crystals at one angel and leaves at a different angle. Each beam of light is bounced around through multiple crystals and some of the light is reflected right back out of the snow. It's this reflected light that makes the snow look white coloured.

Answer 5

First of all snow is not white. It is translucent. A snow is made up of water molecules which r very close to each other. When the snow melts the constituent molecules gain energy & move away from each other. So the liquid water is less dense & has a transparent appearance

Answer 6

The trees use the melted white snow to make green leaves.. go ahead and figure that one out! :-)

Answer 7

The white is the snow. Snow is really cold water. So it goes in the ground.

Answer 8

AS it melts the white melts with it. It's just like frost .

Answer 9

It turns to a liquid form. It called Melting!

Answer 10

Snow appears white in crystalline form only.

Answer 11

The white is formed chemically from the hydrogen and oxygen freezing, when they unfreeze the reaction disapates and the white does too.