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Anh spilled some water on a hot metal picnic table. When she came back to the table, she noticed the water was no longer there. If the water was left untouched, how did it most likely disappear?
The water dissolved into the table.
The water was absorbed by the table.
The water evaporated into the atmosphere.
The water precipitated into the atmosphere.
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The water evaporated into the atmosphere.
A hot metal table transfers heat to the water, causing it to change from liquid to vapor (evaporation). Metal is nonporous so it doesn’t absorb the water, and “dissolved into” or “precipitated into the atmosphere” are incorrect uses of those terms.
A hot metal table transfers heat to the water, causing it to change from liquid to vapor (evaporation). Metal is nonporous so it doesn’t absorb the water, and “dissolved into” or “precipitated into the atmosphere” are incorrect uses of those terms.
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