Evaporation occurs only at ______ of a liquid.

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Solution

Evaporation is a surface phenomenon because it occurs in the surface.
Example- When to put clothes for drying we spread them out, therefore, the surface area gets increased.
When the surface area increases the water will get enough space to get into vapor stage and thus evaporation happens easily.
Hence, evaporation occurs only at the surface of the liquid.

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