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This can be understood in different ways.

1) Evaporating is a change of phase which costs energy. This energy is taken from the heat energy of the water.

2) Only the fastest molecules in the water evaporate, leaving behind molecules that are, on average, slower and therefore colder. The fast molecules that leave the water also slow down, due to the attractive forces from the molecules they leave behind; thus, the vapor will also cool down.

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How can evaporation be used to keep things cool?

Evaporation can be used to keep things cool by absorbing heat from the surroundings during the process. This can be achieved by exposing the object to be cooled to a substance that evaporates easily, such as water or alcohol. As the substance evaporates, it absorbs heat from the object, causing it to cool down.


What happens to temperature during evaporation?

During evaporation, the temperature of the liquid decreases because the molecules with higher kinetic energy leave the surface, taking away heat. This causes the remaining liquid to cool down as a result.


What happens if you cool steam?

When steam is cooled, it condenses back into liquid water. This is the opposite process of water evaporating into steam when heated. Cooling steam releases the latent heat energy it acquired during evaporation.


What is the relationship between evaporation and the cooling effect it causes in the liquid left behind?

Evaporation is the process in which a liquid turns into a gas. When evaporation occurs, it takes energy from the surrounding liquid, causing it to cool down. This cooling effect happens because the faster-moving molecules escape as gas, leaving behind slower-moving molecules that have lower energy and therefore lower temperature.


Is evaporation a warming process?

Evaporation is a cooling process. When water evaporates, it absorbs energy from its surroundings, which leads to a decrease in temperature. This is why sweating helps to cool down our bodies on a hot day.

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Why does the evaporation of water cool the air near the water's surface?

Evaporation is an endothermic process.


Does evaporation when water is warm or cool?

Water is evaporated at any temperature but a high temperature favors evaporation.


How can evaporation be used to keep things cool?

Evaporation can be used to keep things cool by absorbing heat from the surroundings during the process. This can be achieved by exposing the object to be cooled to a substance that evaporates easily, such as water or alcohol. As the substance evaporates, it absorbs heat from the object, causing it to cool down.


How leaves cool the tree?

leaf of a tree have water on them always and when evaporation takes place it will cool the plant


When can cool water evaporate?

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How does salt water form freshwater rain in clouds?

Salt water evaporates from the ocean's surface, leaving behind the salt. The water vapor rises into the atmosphere and eventually condenses to form clouds. When the clouds cool and the water droplets become too heavy to stay aloft, they fall as precipitation, which is freshwater rain since the salt is left behind during the evaporation process.


How does ammonia water cool the body?

Evaporation. The ammonia evaporates faster than the water and cools the skin.


Why does condensation occur on the window of a bathroom only during winters?

this happens because during winter the air gets cool and the humidity in the air (amount of water vapor in the air)condenses (water vapor turns back to water) as we know that the process of condensation happens when the temperature is cool,and the temperature is warm then evaporation happens.


Why is sea water left in salt pans under the sun to obtain salt from the sea water instead of being kept in drums in a cool place?

Because to get salt from sea water you want the water to evaporate and leave the salt behind. Setting pans out in the sun will make the water evaporate much faster than if it'd been left in drums somewhere cool. The water in the pans get a bigger exposed surface area and much warmer.


When a person perspires which part of the water cycle is he or she directly depending on to keep cool?

When a person perspires, they are depending on the process of evaporation in the water cycle to keep cool. The heat from their body is used to evaporate the sweat, which helps regulate their body temperature.


The water cycle controls precipitation and what other part of the water cycle in a city?

Because it is cool


Why is it that water is cooler during night?

Because there is usually a lower temperature at night then in the day time.Answer:Water, during the day, picks up heat from the sun quicker thna it loses it to evaporation. Thus it stays warmer. At night the water tends to lose heat by evaporation as it ties to reach the wet bulb temperature of the air. This is usually cooler han the air temperature we record on a thermometer (dry bulb) so the water can get cooler than the air. The evaporation also cools the water (the hor molecules are the ones that evaporate).