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The Pros And Cons Of Evaporation

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Evaporation is the process that changes liquids into gases. When a liquid is heated, it becomes a gas and spreads into the atmosphere, or the surrounding air. Liquids becomes gases by adding thermal energy to them. Thermal energy is the amount of energy any matter has because of the moving particles, molecules and atoms, inside it. The lakes, rivers, and oceans evaporate when the sun comes out and heats them up. The molecules from the bodies of water rise from Earth’s surface into the surrounding atmosphere. Even small puddles of water can evaporate when the sun comes out and warms them. Let’s explore heat and evaporation.
When you see a pot of water boiling on the stove, you see steam coming out of the pot and going into the surrounding air. The steam is called water vapor, and it’s created by the heating of the water. The heat applied to the water gives the molecules in the water more energy, which makes the molecules move around faster, and escape into the atmosphere.
When molecules of water evaporate, heat from the object they evaporated from goes with them into the air. The heat is called latent heat, and it’s inside the water molecules. This also lowers the temperature of the object the heat came from. Evaporative cooling is when an object cools down because of evaporation. When you exercise and it’s hot outside, your body sweats. When your body sweats, evaporation causes the water on your body, or the sweat, to eventually evaporate, or rise into the air. This action

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