ACID RAIN

ACID RAIN

1. Acid rain is a kind of pollution. Pollution makes the air and the land dirty. Rain becomes polluted rain, or acid rain, when rainwater mixes with different gases in the air.

   • These gases come from: burning coal and oil.
     • These gases come from burning coal and oil. Most acid rain falls in places with a lot of factories and cars, but acid rain can be anywhere.
       • Effects of Acid Rain
         • When acid rain falls on the ground, it can kill the plants that grow in the dirt and the animals that eat the plants that grow in this polluted soil. Trees and forests can also be hurt by acid rain.
         • Acid rain can also make people sick. The gases in the air can make it hard to breathe and can burn the eyes and throat.
         • Acid rain may also hurt buildings and cars. For example, it can damage or destroy the paint on cars and buildings.
     • different gases in the air.
       • Many gases are invisible, so people cannot always see them. Some gases, like oxygen, are good. People, animals, and plants need oxygen to live. People breathe in oxygen from the air, and the oxygen helps bodies grow and stay healthy.
       • Some gases are not good. Two gases, called sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, can hurt living things. These gases move around in the air all the time. These gases are invisible, like oxygen. However, they can be dangerous to the environment—the air, water, and ground around us. People, plants, animals, and water can be hurt by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide
     • Dangerous gases in the air mix together with rainwater to make acid rain.
       • People and businesses burn coal and oil to make machines work and heat buildings.
       • Driving a car or flying an airplane also puts dangerous gases in the air.
         • When it rains, rainwater mixes with these dangerous gases in the air. The rain falls to the ground as acid rain.
   • ¿How to stop acid rain?
     • To stop acid rain, there cannot be so many dangerous gases in the air.
     • many countries around the world have laws to keep dangerous gases out of the air.
     • People can also help by using other kinds of transportation, such as trains and bicycles, which do not use oil or gas.
     • To stop acid rain, there cannot be so many dangerous gases in the air. The United States and many countries around the world have laws to keep dangerous gases out of the air. Car engines these days cannot put so many dangerous gases into the air. People can also help by using other kinds of transportation, such as trains and bicycles, which do not use oil or gas. Machines that burn coal or oil now have filters to stop the dangerous gases from going into the air. People are also trying different power sources, such as the sun and the wind, to make machines work.