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As airflow causes water vapor to circulate in clouds, the water can get colder and, depending on the climate, may eventually freeze. Snow is actually many ice crystals accumulated through this cycle. As the snowflake gathers more ice crystals, it gets heavier. Eventually the snowflake will be heavy enough that the force of the airflow will no longer be able to keep it suspended in the clouds, so it falls from the cloud toward the Earth. All items with mass are affected by gravitational force from other items of mass. Gravity causes them to be attracted to each other. The larger the mass, the more force it can exert in this attraction. That is why a snowflake falls to the Earth, rather than the Earth being moved to the snowflake, but both items will be applying gravitational force on the other.
Additional note: Snow also needs a sustained, cold environment in order to stay in its frozen state. If the climate is too warm, a snowflake will not form or if it does it can melt before it reaches the ground and becomes rain.
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Is steam a form of precipitation?
No, steam is not a form of precipitation. Steam is water vapor that is produced when water is boiled or evaporates. Precipitation refers to any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls from the sky to the ground.
What is preticipation?
Precipitation has a couple definitions. It can refer to any condensed moisture like rain, snow, hail, etc. , along with their formations. It can also refer to suspension formation in solutions.
What are the ingredients in instant snow?
Instant snow is typically made from a superabsorbent polymer called sodium polyacrylate. This polymer has the ability to absorb and hold a large amount of water, creating the snow-like texture when mixed with liquid. No actual snow or harmful chemicals are used in instant snow products.
A solid product that may form when chemicals in two liquids react?
A precipitate is a solid product that may form when chemicals in two liquids react. It is insoluble and falls out of solution as a result of the chemical reaction.
Is there hydrogen and oxygen in snow and ice?
Yes, snow and ice are made up of water molecules, which consist of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. When water freezes into ice or falls as snow, the molecules arrange themselves into a crystal structure, forming the solid forms we see.
What is white and falls from the sky?
snow
What matter that falls from the sky?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are common types of matter that can fall from the sky. These forms of precipitation occur when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses or freezes and falls to the ground due to gravity.
What is the white stuff that falls from the sky?
The white stuff that falls from the sky is snow. Snow forms when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into ice crystals and falls to the ground. It commonly occurs in colder climates during the winter season.
What is the white stuff that falls from the sky in winter?
erm, snow...
What is a ice Crystal that falls from the sky?
This could be sleet or snow.
What moisture that falls from the sky is called what?
Precipitation
Is snow ugly?
When it first falls from the sky and lands on the ground, snow is usually not ugly. It is quite beautiful. But, as soot falls from the sky and lands on the snow, as animals, birds, and people use the snow for a toilet, as people toss their garbage unto the snow; then the snow becomes very ugly.
What falls from the sky?
rain, snow, hail, lightning. most of this depends on where you live :)
How do you make insta-snow into a science fair project?
You make insta snow into a project by compareing regular snow that falls from the sky and insta snow
Is snow a person place or thing?
Snow is a thing, as it refers to the frozen precipitation that falls from the sky. It is not a person or a place.
Can snow fall from a clear sky?
i am not sure but almost definetely poo is the correct answer for me
What is any form of water such as rain snow sleet or hail that falls from the sky to the ground?
These forms given the general term precipitation.
