Thursday, May 16, 2013

Acid Rain

Questions:

1.) What gasses are the major cause of acid rain?
 - When humans burn fossil fuels, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are released into the atmosphere.
 - Also rotting vegetation and volcanoes release some chemicals that can cause acid rain

2.) Where do most of these gasses come from?
 - They come from burning fossil fuels, for example, coal-burning power plants, factories and automobiles.

3.) Describe a few negative effects of acid rain.
 - The negative effects are that the rain can get into streams and lakes and the acid rain is toxic to crayfish, clams, fish and other aquatic animals.
 - It also damages the forest because the rain gets into the soil and takes all the nutrients and releases aluminum into the soil making it hard from the plants to take in water.

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