AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

CHEMICAL CYCLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What change of state occurs during the process of evaporation?
A
gas changes to liquid
B
liquid changes to gas
C
gas changes to solid
D
solid changes to liquid
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The process in which a liquid boils and changes to a gas is called vaporization. The temperature at which a liquid boils is its boiling point.

Detailed explanation-2: -Evaporation is the process by which a liquid turns into a gas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Boiling and Evaporation: Evaporation is the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas. Boiling is the change of a liquid to a vapor, or gas, throughout the liquid.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the water cycle, evaporation occurs when sunlight warms the surface of the water. The heat from the sun makes the water molecules move faster and faster, until they move so fast they escape as a gas. Once evaporated, a molecule of water vapor spends about ten days in the air.

Detailed explanation-5: -Condensation is the change of state from a gas to a liquid.

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