Basic Snow Facts

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. As water droplets freeze, they grow into tiny snow crystals. These stick together to make what? hail snowflakes rain snowballs

2. If the air is cold and dry, what type of snow is made? blue wet powdery icy

3. Why doesn't snow always melt right away in sunny weather? not enough air space between flakes the air temperature is always too cold the sun's rays bounce off the snow it's too icy

4. When snow falls, it muffles sound - true or false? True False

5. Wet snow that splashes and makes puddles is called? powder blue slush hail

6. What rule of thumb is often given for the amount of snow that one centimeter of rain freeze into? 1 mm 2 mm 2 feet 10 cm

7. Sun reflecting on snow can cause sunburn, even in cold weather - true or false? True False

8. When snow begins to melt at the end of winter, what is it called? a Chinook a thaw a blue snow flooding

9. Why does salt help keep snow from turning into ice? salt is warm salt water needs to be much colder to freeze salt water doesn't bond with ice particles salt is tasty

10. What is mixed together to create a blizzard? wind and rain wind and snow hail and rain snow and rain

11. Snow will sometimes melt during the day and freeze as ice at night. Dripping water that freezes makes what? (watch your spelling) Answer: (One word - what forms on the edges of buildings, and hangs down?)

12. Heavy equipment that clears snow off roads are called? snowplows dumptrucks snowpushers sander trucks

13. Sheep can be buried under snow - true or false? Answer: (One Word)

14. Wind blowing the snow can form what? drifts snowmen waves tobogganing hills

15. The Inuit have many more words for words for snow than English speakers do. True False