Snow

A snow crystal needs a ________ to start growing.

• speck

• storm

• wind

• rock

Clouds are mostly made of ________ and ________.

• wind and sunshine

• snow and sleet

• air and water

• snow and water

How do snow crystals get their arms/branches?

• Snow crystals grow their arms because they fall from a cloud.

• Snow crystals grow their arms because they grow faster on their corners.

• Snow crystals grow their arms because they spin while they are falling.

• Snow crystals grow their arms because they grow slower on their corners.

How does a snow crystal take shape?

• The snow crystal falls through a warm cloud.

• The shape it takes depends on how hot and dry the cloud is.

• The snow crystal spins and falls.

• The shape it takes depends on how wet and cold the cloud is.

How are hollow column crystals different from other types of column crystals?

• Hollow column crystals are longer and more common than solid crystals. They don't have caps on their ends, like capped crystals do.

• Hollow column crystals are shorter than solid crystals. However, they have caps on their ends, like capped crystals.

• Hollow column crystals are wider and less common than solid crystals. They are not different from capped column crystals.

• Hollow column crystals are the same as solid column crystals and capped column crystals.

Hundreds or thousands of snow crystals can make one snowflake.

• True

• False

If you were looking at two snow crystals under a microscope and they appeared exactly alike, what inference could you make?

• They are crystals with six branches

• They are complicated snow crystals

• They are crystals with 12 branches

• They are simple plate crystals

Most things in nature are......

• star shaped.

• not exactly alike.

• circular.

• exactly alike.

Each snow crystal usually has ________ arms or sides.

• 7

• 6

• 3

• 4

How does a snow crystal change after it falls from a cloud?

• The snow crystal grows bigger.

• The snow crystal stops growing and turns into a square.

• The snow crystal stops growing and starts to wither.

• The snow crystal does not change after it falls from a cloud.