What’s the difference between ice and snow? Aren’t they both frozen water?
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It’s essentially the difference between a board and sawdust. Both are wood… But the board had a lot more connections recording the structure. Snow is just lots of separate pieces.
It’s essentially the difference between a board and sawdust. Both are wood… But the board had a lot more connections recording the structure. Snow is just lots of separate pieces.
Snow flakes are ice.
Just small frozen water drops which fall as snow and compile, still frozen and compact into white ice.
Ice, like you have in your freezer, is larger amounts of water, frozen as one unit, sitting still with nothing moving it. Solid ice.
Snow flakes are ice.
Just small frozen water drops which fall as snow and compile, still frozen and compact into white ice.
Ice, like you have in your freezer, is larger amounts of water, frozen as one unit, sitting still with nothing moving it. Solid ice.
Think of snow as cotton candy and ice as a lollipop (not exactly because one is elongated strands and the other is crystalline particles but same idea).
Think of snow as cotton candy and ice as a lollipop (not exactly because one is elongated strands and the other is crystalline particles but same idea).
Polar fleece and soda bottles are both made of PET. Shape matters a lot. Small slender pieces of material are flexible. Fiberglass insulation and window glass are both made of silica.
Polar fleece and soda bottles are both made of PET. Shape matters a lot. Small slender pieces of material are flexible. Fiberglass insulation and window glass are both made of silica.
It’s all about structure. Sort of like how kitchen sponge foam is made of plastic, but if you melted a kitchen sponge down into a small block, it wouldn’t look or feel much like a sponge anymore.
Snow is sort of like an ice sponge – many tiny thin structures loosely packed together with lots of air in between.
It’s all about structure. Sort of like how kitchen sponge foam is made of plastic, but if you melted a kitchen sponge down into a small block, it wouldn’t look or feel much like a sponge anymore.
Snow is sort of like an ice sponge – many tiny thin structures loosely packed together with lots of air in between.
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