What does condensation mean?
Word: Condensation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Condensation means the tiny drops of water that form when water vapour in the air cools and turns back into liquid, for example on a cold glass or a bathroom mirror.
Antonyms: evaporation
How do you spell condensation?
Syllables: con - den - sa - tion
Tricky part: It comes from condense, so the middle is -dens-, with an s. Students often write condencation.
Watch out for: condencation, condinsation, condansation
Memory tip: Think of dense fog: condensation starts with con + dens, the first four letters of dense, and fog is made of tiny drops of condensed water.
Condensation in a sentence
Example 1: Condensation fogged up the car windows on the cold winter morning.
Example 2: We wiped the condensation off the bathroom mirror after a hot shower.
Example 3: In the water cycle, condensation forms clouds high in the sky.
Fun Fact
Dew on grass in the early morning is condensation: the air near the ground cools at night, and its water vapour settles on leaves as drops.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
The tiny drops of water that appear on the outside of a glass of ice-cold juice are formed by ________.
a) condensation
b) erosion
c) gravity
d) friction
Show answer
a) condensation. Friction slows moving things, gravity pulls them down and erosion wears land away; drops forming on a cold glass are condensation.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
condensa____
a) tion
b) cion
c) sion
d) shun
Show answer
a) tion. The shun sound at the end is spelt -tion, as in nation and station.
Word Tally
Give 2 marks for each correctly spelt word. How many marks will the list get?
condensation, moischure, droplit, dew, humidety
a) 6
b) 8
c) 4
d) 10
Show answer
c) 4. Moisture, droplet and humidity are misspelt, which leaves just condensation and dew to score.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) transperation
b) condensation
c) precipitation
d) evaporation
Show answer
a) transperation. Transpiration has an i after the p, like inspiration; the other three are spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these does NOT involve condensation?
a) drops on a cold bottle
b) clouds forming in the sky
c) a puddle drying in the sun
d) a mirror misting up after a bath
Show answer
c) a puddle drying in the sun
2. Which of these helps most to cut down condensation in a bathroom?
a) closing the door tightly
b) hanging more wet towels
c) taking a longer hot shower
d) opening a window to let steam out
Show answer
d) opening a window to let steam out
