Why is Snow White? - MR. GLINES GRADE 4 HUDSON, MA

MR. GLINES GRADE 4 HUDSON, MA

Why is Snow White?
Hello there. Do you ever wonder why snow is white? One of the reasons that so many people love snow is that it coats everything in a clean, "pure" white blanket. We even talk about snow in these terms weatherman say that we'll be getting "some of the white stuff" and every December you're likely to hear the song "White Christmas" over and over again and it sometimes gets annoying. Snow wouldn't be snow if it wasn't white. But if you think about it, it seems weird that snow is white at all, since it's just a bunch of ice crystals stuck together. So where does it get its distinctive color? There's a scientific reason that snow is white. One reason is light is scattered and bounces off the ice crystals in the snow. Another reason is the reflected light includes all the colors, which, together, look white.Also snow is a bunch of ice crystals stuck together. It’s a very complex arrangement. To understand why snow is white, we must be familiar with what happens to light when it strikes any material. Finally
the color of anything, including snow, depends on how light interacts with it. Now you know why snow is white. M.H.