What is evaporation?
2006-11-12 15:06:49 · 6 answers · asked by Connie... 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Evaporation is the conversion of a liquid into gas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation The most common example is boiling water and getting steam.
Some solids at particular temperatures and pressures can go directly to vapor without converting to liquid, but that process is specifically called sublimation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_%28physics%29
2006-11-12 15:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evaporation is the process when the sun heats the water and becomes water vapor.
2006-11-12 23:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by Arnold C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When water molecules gain enough energy, they are able to escape the bonding force of the liquid and become gaseous. This usually happens near the surface as as the particles there
are further apart (slightly less dense) and have more kinetic energy.
2006-11-12 23:42:51 · answer #3 · answered by burnt_splint 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look at it like this evaporation is like a humidifyer
a humidifyer uses a moter to blow moisture into the air which turns it into vaper.
2006-11-16 22:47:06 · answer #4 · answered by cole5222 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heating of water sufficiently to change it from liquid to gas.
2006-11-12 23:29:41 · answer #5 · answered by elmo o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when a liquid or substance is heated into a gas.
2006-11-12 23:12:37 · answer #6 · answered by Levon728 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋