Explanation:

EVAPORATION: A COOLING PROCESS

For water molecules to go from a liquid to an energized gaseous state, they must first absorb heat energy. They do this by colliding with other water molecules.

Evaporation is called a "cooling process" because it removes heat from the surrounding air.  Evaporation in the atmosphere is a crucial step in the water cycle. Water on Earth's surface will evaporate into the atmosphere as energy is absorbed by liquid water. Water molecules that exist in the liquid phase are free-flowing and in no particular fixed position. Once energy is added to water by heat from the sun, the bonds between the water molecules gain kinetic energy, or energy in motion. They then escape the surface of the liquid and become a gas (water vapor), which then rises into the atmosphere.