What is the process called that changes water vapor to tiny droplets or ice crystals?

What is the process called that changes water vapor to tiny droplets or ice crystals?

• A. Vaporization
• B. Condensation
• C. Freezing
• D. Sublimation

Answer: (B)

Gas turning into liquid is condensation. When water vapor in the air cools enough to reach saturation, its molecules slow down and gather together to form tiny liquid droplets. That gas-to-liquid transition is what creates clouds, fog, and dew. In very cold air, vapor can also change directly into ice through deposition, but forming droplets from vapor is best described as condensation. Vaporization would be liquid turning into gas, freezing is liquid to solid, and sublimation is solid to gas.

Gas turning into liquid is condensation. When water vapor in the air cools enough to reach saturation, its molecules slow down and gather together to form tiny liquid droplets. That gas-to-liquid transition is what creates clouds, fog, and dew. In very cold air, vapor can also change directly into ice through deposition, but forming droplets from vapor is best described as condensation. Vaporization would be liquid turning into gas, freezing is liquid to solid, and sublimation is solid to gas.