Evaporation

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Q1: If we place a bowl of water in a warm room, what happens to the water?

[Answer]

Just as a solid turns into a liquid when it is heated, so a liquid turns into a gas when it is heated even more.

For example, if we leave water in a warm room it quickly disappears. The liquid has turned into a colourless gas, so the water that was in the bowl is now in the air.

We use the word evaporation for this slow change from a liquid to a gas.