Rainfall Vs. Snowfall

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Rainfall vs. Snowfall Rainfall and Snowfall are so very much alike but different. I will be telling about the differences and similarities between rainfall and snowfall. They are both formed of water but in different states of matter. Rainfall is a liquid state of matter that comes from clouds in a pellet like shape. It is formed by the sun evaporates the water, then it remains in the atmosphere as an invisible vapor until it condenses first into clouds and then into raindrops. The condensation happens when the air is cooled. It occurs when the air around the cloud cools and causes the water vapor to cool as well. Then it falls to the earth as raindrops. Snowfall is a small ice crystal that comes from clouds in a star like shape. It is formed by the water in the cloud freezes into little ice crystals but the shape depends on how cold it is when they freeze. It starts to snow when the air in the atmosphere gets cold and starts to freeze the water into the crystal. Then they get to heavy for the cloud to hold and they fall to earth like little parachutes. They are both the same because they both form in the atmosphere which then they both go into clouds which then they fall to earth. They are both made of water but they are in different states of matter. They are formed differently by that rain evaporates into an invisible vapor in the atmosphere and then condenses into rain or a liquid. But snow stays a liquid in a cloud and freezes into snow crystals. Even though then are very much alike but they are equally different so that is all I really have to say about that. To conclude my paper on the differences and similarities of snowfall ans rainfall they both are needed in some parts of the

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