Question

Zoe left her water bottle capped and in her bedroom. She came back some time later to realize that the bottle was “sweating” and left a ring of liquid on her nightstand

Explain thoroughly the science behind why Zoe’s water bottle is sweating

Answer 1

Condensation

Step-by-step explanation:

Zoe is quite keen to have noticed what we call condensation. Air contains many components, one of those being water vapor. Like how sugar is soluble in water, water can be said to be "soluble" in air. Water will evaporate into the air to a certain extent. The higher the temperature of the air, the more water the air can hold. If the air has more water that it can hold (potentially because of a temperature decrease), the extra water will come out of the air. Zoe's water bottle was cold, and because the air around Zoe's bottle had cooled down, the air can not hold as much water as it could when it was warm, so the air deposited the extra water in the form of liquid water onto the bottle, giving the illusion that her bottle was sweating.