Water

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                                                                   The States or Phases of Water

solid, liquid, gas

                                           Water is known to exist in three different states; as a solid, liquid or gas.

1. Clouds, snow, and rain are all made of up of some form of water.
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3.  A cloud comprises tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals, a snowflake is an aggregate of many ice crystals, and rain is just liquid water.
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7. Water existing as a gas is called water vapour. 
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9. Water vapour in the atmosphere is often below its boiling point. 
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11. When water is boiled the water evaporates much faster and makes steam. 
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13. Steam often has droplets of water, which is what is seen water is boiling. 
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15. Since both water droplets and water vapour are present, this is called wet steam (also called wet vapour). more on items 1.7 to 1.15 .  Even more there.
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17. When referring to the amount of moisture in the air, we are actually referring to the amount of water vapour. 
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19. If the air is described as "moist", that means the air contains large amounts of water vapour.  
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21. Steam is water in the gas phase. 
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23. It is commonly formed by boiling or evaporating water. 
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25. Steam that is saturated* is invisible; however, "steam" often refers to wet steam, the visible mist or aerosol of water droplets formed as water vapour condenses. (As on a window in winter.)
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27.  *A liquid that is about to turn to vapour.
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29. More on 1.25 here     Find "dry steam"!

2   A geyser

                                                            Liquid phase eruption of 

                                                          Castle Geyser in Yellowstone Park USA  Wiki

      

1. A geyser is a spring that throws forth intermittent jets of heated water and steam.
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3. Water covers almost three quarters of the planet's surface. 
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5. It is the only natural chemical substance that exists as a liquid, solid (ice), and gas (water vapor) within Earth's normal temperature range.
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7. Sometimes water seems to defy the laws of physics, holding together despite the attempts of gravity or even the pressure of heavy objects to break it apart. 
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9. The water will stick together until the forces pulling them apart overtake the strength of those weak bonds, and break the surface.
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11. More of interest here. Find "On Earth, boiling water creates thousands of tiny vapor bubbles. In space, on the other hand, it produces one giant undulating bubble."

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