The natural service of water purification could not occur without evaporation.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

When water is evaporated, the dissolved chemicals (i.e., natural or human pollutants) are left behind.  The water vapor rises and eventually condenses and forms rain droplets, falling back to the earth as purified water.

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