Evaporation of water takes place only in sunlight. True or False

The process of water changing into vapor is known as evaporation. While evaporation often occurs under sunlight, it is not restricted to it—it can take place whenever water molecules gain enough energy to escape into the air.

When water is heated, the molecules vibrate and move rapidly, eventually breaking free into the atmosphere as water vapor. This process is primarily powered by solar energy (heat from the sun), though evaporation can occur at room temperature as well.

Once in the air, water vapor rises and condenses into tiny droplets when it reaches cooler layers of the atmosphere. These droplets combine to form clouds. Carried by air currents, clouds travel across regions, and when droplets grow large enough, they fall back to Earth as precipitation.

This constant movement of water between its solid, liquid, and gaseous states is driven by the Sun’s energy and forms the basis of the water cycle. Thus, it can be concluded that evaporation can take place at any time, not only in sunlight.

Therefore, the given statement is false.