The Story of Snow

Clouds are mostly made of__________.

• air

• water

• dust

All snowflakes are the same size and shape.

• True

• False

Snow crystals must have _____to start growing.

• A center

• A speck

• Six sides

There are ________ different snow crystal shapes.

• 1

• 2

• 3

Snowflakes are__________.

• Smaller than snow crystals

• Made of many snow crystals stuck together

• Harder to see than snow crystals

Which of the snow crystals are shape like pencils?

• column

• plate

• star

What do we see when we see a cloud?

• water droplets

• water vapor

• specks

• air

What determines the shape of a snow crystal?

• how wet the cloud is

• how cold the cloud is

• how wet and cold the cloud is

• how high up the cloud is

When does a snow crystal stop growing?

• never

• soon after it falls from the cloud

• while it is still in the cloud

• once it hits the ground

All of the following are shapes of snow crystals EXCEPT

• columns

• triangles

• plates

• stars