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When water vapor condenses back to liquid water, it lets go of internal structural energy in order to revert back to liquid state. THe energy released is Lantent heat of condensation.
The heat is stored in water vapour is latent heat.Latent heat describes energy that is not stored as the internal energy (i.e. temperature) of an object but in its phase state.For example, in the atmosphere heat that is transported by an air parcel that contains more water vapor than its surroundings. Because energy is needed to turn water into water vapor, water vapor is a way for a body to store energy (along with potential energy, kinetic energy, and sensible heat). If the water vapor is returned to a liquid or solid phase (by condensation or sublimation), the stored energy is released as sensible heat.
When water vapor loses energy it "turns" into a liquid
It condensed water vapor to form the oceans by the Earth's vapor into the water.
There is never an increase or decrease in energy, energy cannot be lost or gained. On the other hand, gas is at a higher level of energy than liquid. In other words, water, when condensed from water vapor, is lower in energy than the vapor it was condensed from.
There are a number of names for condensed water vapor in the atmosphere: Mist, fog, clouds, rain, sleet, snow, hail are names for some of the types of condensed water vapor.
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Condensed water vapor near the surface is referred to as precipitation. The condensed water vapor forms clouds and allows the water to return to the surface as rain, ice, sleet, or snow.
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The energy level of water vapor is higher than that of liquid water because the energy invested in transforming that water into vapor (enthalpy of evaporation/vaporization) is higher than the energy it takes to melt ice (enthalpy of fusion). So when water vapor condenses, that extra energy that was used to cause the phase change from water to gas is released and absorbed by the object it condensed on.
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Yes, the ocean was formed when the earth cooled and water vapor condensed to create rain because of a major storm.