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Question
The ice sheets from the north and south poles and the icecaps on the mountains, get converted into water vapour through the process of ______.
Options
evaporation
condensation
sublimation
infiltration
Solution
The ice sheets from the north and south poles and the icecaps on the mountains, get converted into water vapour through the process of sublimation.
Explanation:
- Sublimation is the process where a substance changes directly from a solid state to a gaseous state without passing through the liquid phase.
- At the poles and on mountain icecaps, ice can directly turn into water vapor under specific conditions of low pressure and temperature, which is sublimation.
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