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Q: What state is fog vapor clouds and steam in?
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When you see steam fog or clouds you are seeing water in the liquid state true or false?

it is gas


What is the 3 states of matter in which water can be found?

Solid (ice), liquid (water), gas (steam). Water can also be found in the form of a vapor, which is water droplets suspended in air, e.g., clouds, fog, and the vapor above boiling water, commonly but mistakenly called steam.


Why did steam come out from ice?

It's probably more appropriate to call it fog than steam. Water, called water vapor, is contained in the air, but the amount of water air can hold is determined by its temperature. The warmer the air the more water it can hold. When warmer air is cooled it may not be able to hold all its water any more. When this happens the water it can no longer hold comes out of the air. This is commonly seen in the form of water that condenses on the outside of cold drinks or on windows in winter or dew on leaves in the morning, etc. But it can also remain as visible water vapor in the air and is called fog. Clouds are really fog. What you're calling steam is fog caused by the ice cooling the air touching it below the point the air can hold all its water and the water comes out of the air becoming fog. This is the same as the fog that your breath makes in winter. Exhaled breath carries a lot of water because the body has heated the air and the lungs have added water to the heated air. When you breathe out, this water laden air contacts the cold air, is immediately cooled and can't hold the added water, so it condenses out becoming fog.


What would happen if you touched a cloud?

You probably already have. Ever been out in fog? That is a cloud- just very low. While clouds may appear solid, they are a concentration of water vapor, and nothing else.


How do clouds move if they are a gas without dispersing with the wind like steam?

Clouds are not a gas. They are made up of very small water droplets. That is why the air is so damp when you are in fog. Clouds are moved along by wind, which is caused by a process of air cooling and heating. See the Web Link 'Meteorology' to the left for an explanation.