Snow and snowflakes

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SNOW AND SNOWFLAKESNIKOLA S. FROM SOŠ EKONOMICKÁ,SPIŠSKÁ NOVÁ VES, SLOVAKIA

Contento What is snow?o How does it feel?o What are snowflakes?o Different kinds of snowflakeso The end

What is snow?o Snow is precipitation in the form of

flakes of crystalline water ice that falls from clouds.

o The process of precipitating is called snowfall.

How does it feel?o Snow has an open and therefore soft,

white, and fluffy structure, unless subjected to external pressure.

What are snowflakes?o Snowflakes are accumulations of

millions of tiny ice crystals that crash together and fall from the clouds at very low air temperatures.

Different kinds of snowflakes

o The shape of snowflakes is determined by the altitude and temperatures at which they are formed. There are basically six patterns of snowflakes; 1, Star-shaped

2, Bullets 3, Columns 4, Needles 5, Plates 6, Dendrites

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