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Key Stage 2
Meaning
Evaporating is when a liquid turns into a gas.
- Verb: To evaporate
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| A liquid will evaporate to become a gas. |
About Evaporating
- Heating a liquid will cause it to evaporate into a gas.
- Evaporation is a reversible process. When a liquid evaporates into a gas you can condense that gas back into a liquid.
- You may have seen these evaporating:
- Water
- Hand Gel
Examples
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| When water is boiling the liquid evaporates turning into a gas. Eventually all the liquid will be gone and the room will be filled with water vapour. | When you use Hand Gel the liquid quickly evaporates from your hands so you don't need to dry them. |