How is evaporation related to temperature?

Evaporation decreases with increase in temperature.

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Evaporation increases with increase in temperature.

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Evaporation increases with decrease in temperature.

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No effect of temperature on evaporation.

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Solution

The correct option is B Evaporation increases with increase in temperature.
Evaporation is the process where liquids turns into gas. It increases with increase in temperature. Higher the temperature faster the rate of evaporation. For example, water evaporates faster from wet clothes on sunny day as temperature is high.

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Decrease in humidity at a given temperature increases the rate of evaporation.

The evaporation of water increases under the following conditions :

(a) increase in temperature, decrease in surface area

(b) increase in surface area, decrease in temperature

(d) increase in temperature, increase in surface area, addition of common salt

Column I	Column II
(a) Drying of clothes on a windy day	(i) Time taken for evaporation increases
(b) Liquefaction of gases	(ii) Decreasing pressure and increasing temperature
(c) Change in state of dry ice from solid to gas	(iii) Increasing pressure and decreasing temperature
(d) Less cooling effect of sweating in coastal areas	(iv) Rate of evaporation increases

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