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cover over a container or glass (for instance - colored sarah
wrap) effect the rate of water evaporating? - Chris Harrison
(age 13) Trinity Catholic School, Tallahassee, FL USA Chris -
These is a great question, and I can hopefully give you some
ideas.  First of all, if you have a container of water that is
covered with something like saran wrap, the water is not going
to evaporate very much regardless of the color of the plastic,
since the plastic will keep the water vapor from escaping. But
since I don't think that's really what you're asking, here's
some other thoughts...  Water evaporates depending on its
temperature. (i.e. Higher temperature -> faster evaporation.) If
you took two dishes of water and put a colored filter over one
and put them in a dark oven (assuming that the filter itself
doesn't stop the water from esca