Snowflake Bentley

complicated and detailed

• annual

• delicate

• intricate

• masterpiece

Answer explanation

Each snowflake has intricate patterns and details.

once each year

• evaporate

• moisture

• annual

• pelted

Answer explanation

The annual snowfall in Vermont is about 120 inches.

to change to a vapor (disappear or dry up)

• authority

• moisture

• evaporate

• pelted

Answer explanation

Some snowflakes evaporated before he could take a picture.

something made with excellence / someone's best work

• masterpiece

• evaporate

• design

• magnify

Answer explanation

Each snowflake image was a masterpiece.

fragile, easily broken

• masterpiece

• design

• moisture

• delicate

Answer explanation

He had to be careful because each snowflake was delicate.

a sickness of the lungs

• intricate

• monument

• pneumonia

• magnify

Answer explanation

After walking in a snowstorm, he died of pneumonia.

something built in memory of a person or event

• authority

• design

• masterpiece

• monument

Answer explanation

After he died, a monument was built in his honor.

to make something bigger

• evaporate

• magnify

• moisture

• pelted

Answer explanation

He had a special camera that could magnify each snowflake.

threw hard

• pelted

• evaporated

• magnify

• masterpiece

Answer explanation

Other kids pelted snowballs at eachother.

leading expert on a topic

• masterpiece

• monument

• annual

• authority

Answer explanation

Snowflake Bentley became known as the snowflake authority.