answersLogoWhite

0

The sun provides the energy for liquid water to become water vapor, an invisible gas this cycle is called evaporation.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Astronomy

How does the sun cause evaporation?

The sun provides heat energy that warms bodies of water, causing the water molecules to gain energy and become more active. As a result, some of the water molecules at the surface gain enough energy to break free from the liquid state and evaporate into the air. This process is known as evaporation.


How did water vapor form?

Water vapor forms when water molecules gain enough energy to break free from liquid water and become a gas. This process, known as evaporation, occurs when heat energy is absorbed by liquid water, causing the molecules to move faster and escape into the air.


Why does the sun only evaporate water?

The sun is a source of heat energy that can cause water to evaporate. The sun's heat provides the necessary energy for water molecules to break free from the liquid state and rise into the atmosphere as water vapor. Other substances can also evaporate under the right conditions, but water is particularly sensitive to the sun's energy due to its molecular structure.


How can you change liquid water into water vapor?

You can change liquid water into water vapor through a process called evaporation. This occurs when the liquid water is heated, causing the molecules to gain enough energy to break free and turn into vapor.


How does the sun make it rain?

The sun's heat causes water on Earth's surface to evaporate and rise into the atmosphere. As the water vapor cools and condenses, it forms clouds. When the water droplets in the clouds become too heavy, gravity pulls them down as rain. So, the sun's energy drives the water cycle, which includes the formation of rain.

Related Questions

What happens to the energy level of solid water as it become liquid water?

The things that happens to the energy level of solid as it become liquid water is that the liquid has more energy than solid do. Simple as that! BY: ANONYMOUS :)


In order to get liquid water to become water to become water vapor what must be energy?

Energy must be added to liquid water so that it reaches the boiling point, at which point the water will vaporize into water vapor.


What provides the energy causes water to evaporate?

The energy that causes water to evaporate comes from the sun. Solar radiation heats up the water molecules, increasing their kinetic energy and allowing them to break free from the liquid surface and become water vapor.


What does energy from the sun become after the liquid water becomes in the air?

The energy stored in water vapor is generally called latent heat.


A process in which liquid water turns into water vapour?

Evaporation changed liquid water to water vapor.


When a liquid becomes a what when losing enough energy?

when liquid loses enough energy then it will be transformed to the solid stat. For example if we get energy from liquid water then the water molecules can not move with same speed that they had before, therefore they will loss their activity and become solid. like ice


What provides energy in the water cycle?

The sun provides energy in the water cycle.


What provides the energy for the water cycle?

The sun provides the energy for the water cycle.


The change of water from a gas to a liquid?

The process of changing liquid water into a gas is called evaporation. Energy is added to the liquid water - generally in the form of heat. When enough energy is added, it allows the most energetic molecules at the surface of the liquid to break free of the liquid and enter the gas phase. The more energy that is added, the more water molecules will have enough energy to move into the gas phase. If enough energy is added, all the molecules will leave the liquid and from then on adding energy will just make the gas warmer. Another way to change liquid water into gas is to drop the pressure above the liquid. In this case, it takes less energy for the molecules in the liquid to get away from the liquid so some of them will already be energetic enough to get away. Any mass of liquid water will have a range of energies for the molecules, some will be low energy, others high energy with each collision between the molecules, they either gain or loose energy. If they gain enough energy, they can become energetic enough to escape the liquid as a gas. The higher the pressure, the more energy is required to become a gas. If the liquid water is in contact with some gas - air for example. The liquid will evaporate until the gas is saturated with water vapor. At that point the rate of water molecules dropping out of the gas back into the water (because they don't have enough energy to stay in the gas) is equal to the rate of water molecules escaping from the liquid to become gas. This point is also known as "equilibrium".


How does the sun cause evaporation?

The sun provides heat energy that warms bodies of water, causing the water molecules to gain energy and become more active. As a result, some of the water molecules at the surface gain enough energy to break free from the liquid state and evaporate into the air. This process is known as evaporation.


Does water evaporate - or condense - to become water vapour?

Water Vapour is water in a gaseous state, so it has to evaporate to become a gas.Related Information:When matter gains enough energy, it changes state, from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a gas.In rare cases it can change from a solid to a gas also.


What kind of energy added to the water will help it to become vapor?

Applying heat energy to water will help it evaporate and become vapor. The heat causes the water molecules to gain enough energy to overcome the intermolecular forces that hold them together in liquid form.