Question

the atmospheric temperature decreases when snow starts melting because the snow releases thermal energy from the atmosphere to melt.true or false?

Answer 1

No its false
Snow absorbs the thermal energy

Answer 2

FALSE

Step-by-step explanation:

When snow melt in the form of liquid then in this type of phase transformation we can say that energy is required to convert it from solid to liquid

The heat energy required to convert it into liquid is given by

`Q = mL`

here we know

m = mass of snow

L = latent heat of fusion

So when snow is melt into liquid then in that case the thermal energy from the surrounding is absorbed to convert it into the form of liquid.