Why are all Snowflakes unique? | Sci Guide (Ep 8) | Head Squeeze?

Every snowflake is unique because it grows in different conditions as it falls from the sky.

Imagine you're making a snowy cookie, and each time you bake one, you use a little bit of flour, sugar, and water, but not exactly the same amounts. Sometimes the oven is a tiny bit hotter or colder. Because of these small changes, each cookie turns out just a little different, some are rounder, some have more cracks, and others might be bigger.

Snowflakes work kind of like those cookies. As they go through the clouds, they meet up with tiny bits of air and water, which help shape them. If two snowflakes take slightly different paths or meet different bits of air, their shapes will turn out a little different too, just like how two cookies can look a tiny bit different even if you make them the same way.

Sometimes, snowflakes even get to join together on the way down, making bigger snowflakes that are special in their own way. So even though all snowflakes start from the same idea, ice, they become unique because of the little things that happen along the way.