What happens when solar energy heats a body of water?

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Reyna A.
Feb 24, 2016

The water evaporates gradually, if enough temperature is maintained.

Explanation:

Evaporation happens when a liquid substance becomes a gas. When water is heated, it evaporates. The molecules move and vibrate so quickly that they escape into the atmosphere as molecules of water vapor (Dunn,1993).

The change is more palpable if it occurs in just a small amount of water - such as a spill of a drink on the floor, rain, a puddle, etc - but with cases such as lakes, oceans and the like, the change is most likely unnoticeable.

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