Ions Are Removed from Seawater Most Effectively by ________

question 12

Multiple Choice

Ions are removed from seawater most effectively by ________.

• A) evaporation
• B) freezing
• C) adsorption
• D) bacterial action
• E) None of these is correct; one method is not more effective than another.

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Definitions:

Infrared Radiation

Infrared radiation is a type of electromagnetic radiation that is invisible to the human eye but can be felt as heat.

Biogeochemical Cycle

Process by which matter cycles from the living world to the nonliving, physical environment and back again (e.g., the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, and the phosphorus cycle).

Photochemical Smog

A type of air pollution created by the reaction of sunlight with pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere.

Carbon Cycle

The biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.