What are evaporation processes?

Water can turn into steam when it gets hot enough, that’s one kind of evaporation process.

Imagine you're playing with a glass of water on a sunny day. The sun shines on the water, and little by little, some of it starts to disappear, not because it was taken away, but because it changed into invisible gas that floats up into the air. That’s evaporation in action!

When the water is warm enough, the tiny bits of water, like little balls, move faster and faster. Some of them get so fast they escape from the glass and go floating into the air as steam, which you can’t see but can feel if you're near it.

You might have seen this happen when you leave a puddle outside on a hot day, it slowly shrinks until it’s gone. Or maybe your soup boils in the kitchen, and the lid gets steamy. That’s evaporation working its way through everyday life! Water can turn into steam when it gets hot enough, that’s one kind of evaporation process.

Imagine you're playing with a glass of water on a sunny day. The sun shines on the water, and little by little, some of it starts to disappear, not because it was taken away, but because it changed into invisible gas that floats up into the air. That’s evaporation in action!

When the water is warm enough, the tiny bits of water, like little balls, move faster and faster. Some of them get so fast they escape from the glass and go floating into the air as steam, which you can’t see but can feel if you're near it.

You might have seen this happen when you leave a puddle outside on a hot day, it slowly shrinks until it’s gone. Or maybe your soup boils in the kitchen, and the lid gets steamy. That’s evaporation working its way through everyday life!