What is ice and snow?

Snow is the word for precipitation that falls as frozen water. If the water forms crystals, you get snowflakes. Other types of snow include rime and graupel, which are ice, but not crystals. read more

Snow vs Ice Snow and Ice are two different forms of water that are considered one and the same according to many, when strictly speaking, there is a difference between the two. Snow and ice mainly differ in the method of their formation. read more

Snow is a form of ice (taken as ice's general meaning of "solid H2O"). It appears to me that snowflakes get bigger by incorporating water largely at the end of the existing ice crystals, so that the density of the overall structure remains fairly low. read more