The process of obtaining salt from sea water involves:

evaporation

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condensation

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sublimation

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is A evaporation
The process of obtaining salt from sea water involves the process evaporation is used an a large scale to obtain common salt from sea water. Sea water is trapped in shallow lakes and allowed to stand there. The heat of sun gradually evaporates water in the shallow lakes and common salt is left behind as a solid. Sea water has many salts dissolved in it.

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