Name the technique employed for obtaining salt from sea water.

Decantation

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Filtration

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Condensation

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Evaporation

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Solution

The correct option is D
Evaporation

When sea water is allowed to stand in shallow pits, water gets heated by sunlight and slowly turns into water vapour, through evaporation. In a few days, the water evaporates completely leaving behind the solid salts.

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