2007-12-06 15:57:59 · 53 answers · asked by ? 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Every snowflake has its own unique shape and is different than all other snowflakes.
All snowflakes have six sides.
Snowflakes aren't always white. Years ago, when coal was used in factories and homes, snow was often gray. Why? Because the coal dust entered the air and was absorbed by the clouds.
In Prince Edward Island, Canada, where the soil is red clay, snowflakes often look pink. Why? Because red dust from the soil is blown into the air and absorbed by the clouds.
The largest snowflakes ever recorded fell in the state of Montana in the United States of America. The snowflakes were 15 inches in diameter.
The snow capital of the United States is Stampede Pass in Washington State. Each year, the average snowfall is 430 inches.
The average snowflake falls at a speed of 3.1 miles per hour. (5 kilometers)
Snirt is dirty snow that flies off the dusty Canadian prairies.
People buy more cakes, cookies and candies than any other food when a blizzard is in the forecast.
A blizzard occurs when you can't see for 1/4 mile. The winds are always 35 miles an hour or more. The storm must last at least 3 hours to be classed as a blizzard. If any of these conditions are less, it is only a snowstorm.
Billions of snowflakes fall during one short snowstorm.
That snowflakes are made up of ice crystals.
2007-12-06 16:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by Jazmen 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Snowflakes have 32 pair of DNA.
Snowflakes emit very little gamma radiation.
Snowflakes are completely capable of collapsing into a black hole if you just have enough of them.
Snowflakes cannot break the sound barrier unaided.
Every night, twenty snowflakes crawl over you as you sleep.
Many snowflakes are identical; the matching pairs however always come to exist on opposite sides of the Earth.
Snowflakes have no calories.
No snowflake has ever successfully run for President.
There are more snowflakes in a snowy area than anywhere else.
2007-12-06 16:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Ultraviolet Oasis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1) Snowflakes are always six sided and it is thought that no two are ever the same. (this has been shown to be false, as scientist have discovered 2 flakes that were identical).
2)The shape and form of a snowflake depends on the temperature and amount of moisture within the cloud.
3) Snowflakes can be divided into six main shapes:
plate (flat), stars, column, needle, dendrite (lacy) and capped column.
4) When it is very cold the snow is very fine and powdery and the snowflakes are quite simple in design, normally rod or needle shaped.
5) When the temperature is closer to freezing point (0 degrees Celsius), the snowflakes are much larger and more complex in design, such as a star.
2007-12-06 16:04:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When water freezes, it arranges itself into a crystal-like structure with a vast number of 'void' areas between water molecules. This is due to Hydrogen bonding. This is also why water in the liquid phase is more dense than ice, thus causing ice to float on top of water. The crystalline structure of solid water is the reason no two snowflakes form exactly alike.
2007-12-06 16:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by justme 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A snowflake is an aggregate of ice crystal that forms while falling in and below a cloud. They are typically hexagonally symmetrical.
2007-12-06 16:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by Joe D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well even though each one is different they like hanging together. They need at least 32 degrees to live. They create most of the drinking water in the world. They are fun to play all kinds of games in
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2007-12-06 16:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by JOHN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds.
2007-12-06 15:59:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They claim that no two snowflakes are alike. I think thats an impossible claim to make. Someone would have to be pretty fast with their eyeballs to make up that crap.
2007-12-06 16:01:07 · answer #8 · answered by hbuckmeister 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Snowflake eels are tropical marine (saltwater) fish. They are a species of moray eel, and they get rather large. They are not among the easier saltwater animals to keep.
2016-05-21 23:10:38 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are wonderful little copies of the stars in the heavens that come floating down as if from a passing comet....They are as unique and special as all of us are to him that created such a wonderful vision ..... When i look closely i just begin to understand what kind of a loving God we have , a God who could make such a simple substance look as though we stand among his endless stars as they drift slowly to earth....
What facts are needed beyond the obvious ?
2007-12-07 11:30:18 · answer #10 · answered by Noah's Ark 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋