why is snow white and ice is clear but all forms of water

Question: why is snow white and ice is clear but all forms of water
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  ice,
  snow,
  water
Asked by Megan and alissa to Áine, Victoria, Lydia, Eoin, Ciarán on 20 Nov 2014.
- Lydia Bach answered on 20 Nov 2014:
  
  Hey Megan and Alissa
  
  that’s because snow consists of lots of very small ice crystals, which have tiny pockets of air in-between them. Unlike ice, where there is no such space, colour gets reflected in snow, which means that light that hits snow is bouncing off the edges of the millions of crystals which gives it an overall white look (which is the colour of light), which is reflected out.

Question: why is snow white and ice is clear but all forms of water