Why is snow the color white?

Water in the pure form is colorless. If there are any impurities present, the color of the water
changes. Snow also can take the color of other objects. For example, in the case of glaciers
deep inside the ice block it appears blue in color. But, snow is slightly different from the ice.
Snow is the collection of ice crystals that are tiny and attached to one another. The ice crystal is
also clear and colorless while the accumulated crystals combine to form snowflakes.

The snow is visible to us due to the presence of light. Snow falls from the above in the
atmosphere and reaches the ground. The ice crystals will enable the light falling on them to get
reflected on their surface. There are multiple faces for the crystals and hence the light also gets
scattered. Visible light has various wavelengths of light that are visualized by us. When light falls
on any object some part of the light will be absorbed and the other part will get reflected. The
reflected part of light reaches our eyes and makes us to recognize the colors.

The light fallen on the ice crystals also do not pass through the crystals for long distance but tend
to change directions. The light also gets reflected at an angle in the interior of the ice. As snow
exists as collection of several snowflakes on the ground, the light that falls on them will not have
a particular wavelength that is reflected with some regularity. So, most of the light that falls on
the snow will almost completely gets reflected back. The light that gets reflected by the snow will
remain white most of the time as the total light and not any one wavelength of it is reflected back.
Hence, snow is white in color.

1. What is the man idea of the text ?

Water in the pure form is colorless. If there are any impurities present, the color of the
water changes. Snow also can take the color of other objects.
2. What is the man idea of the first paragraph?
Water in the pure form is colorless. If there are any impurities present, the color of the
water changes. Snow also can take the color of other objects
3. What is the man idea of the second paragraph?
The snow is visible to us due to the presence of light
4. What is the man idea of the third paragraph?
The light fallen on the ice crystals also do not pass through the crystals for long distance but
tend to change directions
5. Where can you find the snow ?
The place that has in subtropis area
6. Who?
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7. Why is snow the colour white ?
Because, most of the light that falls on the snow will almost completely gets reflected back.
The light that gets reflected by the snow will remain white most of the time as the total light
and not any one wavelength of it is reflected back. Hence, snow is white in color.
8. When ia the snow falling ?
When the temperature is cold
9. How ?
Snow is the collection of ice crystals that are tiny and attached to one another. The ice
crystal is also clear and colorless while the accumulated crystals combine to form
snowflakes. The light also gets reflected at an angle in the interior of the ice. As snow exists
as collection of several snowflakes on the ground,most of the light that falls on the snow will
almost completely gets reflected back. The light that gets reflected by the snow will remain
white most of the time as the total light and not any one wavelength of it is reflected back.
Hence, snow is white in color.