What are water evaporates?

Water evaporates when liquid water turns into water vapor, which is the invisible gas form of water.

Imagine you're playing with a puddle on a sunny day. The sun feels warm, right? That heat starts to gently nudge the tiny droplets of water in the puddle, they start to wiggle and move faster and faster until some of them jump out of the puddle completely. These little water droplets become water vapor, which floats up into the air.

Think about when you get out of a hot bath. You can see steam rising from the tub, that’s just like evaporation! The warm water in the bath turns into invisible water vapor, and you can feel it in the air around you. It's not magic, just heat making water change its shape.

Evaporation is what makes puddles disappear after a rainstorm, or helps your clothes dry when you leave them on a line outside. It’s like a little dance between liquid water and water vapor, happening all around us every day, just waiting for you to notice!