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The Secret of Snowflakes
Look closely at a snowflake. What do you see? Each tiny flake is a crystal of ice. It starts high in the sky as tiny water vapor. This vapor freezes into a small crystal. As it falls, more water vapor freezes onto it. This helps it grow bigger.
Most snowflakes have six sides, like a star with six points. They get this shape because of how water molecules link together when they freeze. As the snowflake tumbles through the air, it meets different temperatures and moisture. Each little turn and change makes it grow in a special way. This is why no two snowflakes are exactly alike. They all start with six sides, but each one takes a unique journey down to Earth.
Questions
- 1.What is the most important idea the passage teaches us about snowflakes?
- Snowflakes only fall when it is very cold outside.
- Snowflakes are all the same shape and size.
- Each snowflake is special because it takes a unique journey and grows in its own way.
- Snowflakes are hard to see without a magnifying glass.
- 2.What causes a tiny snowflake crystal to grow bigger as it falls to the Earth?
- It gets warmer as it falls down.
- The wind blows it around a lot.
- More water vapor freezes onto it.
- It bumps into other snowflakes.
- 3.How does this passage mainly help you understand snowflakes?
- It lists many different types of snowflakes you can find.
- It tells a funny story about a snowflake's day.
- It describes how snowflakes are formed and why they are all unique.
- It compares snowflakes to rain and hail.