Why do leaves sink in the snow?

MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology

Subject: Why do leaves sink in the snow?

Date: Sun Jan 20 18:15:28 2002
Posted by No name entered.
Grade level: 7-9 School: No school entered.
City: Wyoming State/Province: Minnesota Country: U.S.A
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 1011568528.En

Message:


I want to know why leaves sink in the snow. I was walking outside and I saw a 
leaf that had fallen and was sitting on top of the snow. A few days later that 
same leaf had sunk about and inch into the snow. Does have somthing to do with 
the leaf absorbing the sunlight and melting into the snow? Or is it a weight 
thing? Or maybe both?

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