What Affects the Rate of Evaporation?

Is it wind?

Is it solar energy?

Is it surface area?

Students Design and Conduct an Investigation

Data is Collected and Analyzed

Conclusions are made and presented for peer review

Now I Know

• As temperature increases the rate of evaporation increases.

• As wind speed increases the rate of evaporation increases.

• As surface area increases the rate of evaporation increases.

But I Still Want to Know

• How water can turn into a gas without boiling?

• Do different liquids evaporate at different rates?

• If the water on the ground is polluted, is the evaporated water polluted too?