• Question: How does evaporation work?

    Asked by jennycoolgirl to Andrew, Beth, Bruce, Lindy, Lizzie on 18 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Lindy Heath

      Lindy Heath answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      Evaporation is the vaporisation of liquid molecules which occurs on the surface of a liquid. As a liquid is heated up the liquid molecules closest to the surface will gain energy and evaporate (or vaporise).

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