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a cold glass is left sitting outside on a hot day. soon, water droplets form on the outside of the glass. Describe the events that must occur for the water droplets to form on the glass

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Evaporation Leave a pool outside on a Hot Day in the Summer. Youll know then
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Water droplets appearing outside a glass of ice water are caused by water-vapor molecules in the air.

When we put cold water in a glass, a temperature difference is established between the inside of the glass and its outside. Water molecules dispersed in the air, when they find a cooler surface, end up providing heat to it.

This causes them to condense - to the liquid state - and water droplets to appear on the outer walls of the glass. This phenomenon can also be observed when on a cold winter day we turn on a car's air conditioner: the glass also gets sweaty

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