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Matty asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 1 decade ago

How can a layer of snow stop young plants dying in the frost?

This is a physics question of mine.

Couple of thoughts of mine:

-Supplies plant with water from melting snow?

-Snow insulates the plant somehow with air pockets?

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    It insulates the plants. snow is 32 degrees, the freezing point and doesn't get much colder than that. the outside temperature can get

    -20 or colder, cold enough to kill young plants.

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