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Acid Rain
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1What causes acid rain?
- ASulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide dissolve into rainwater
- BSulfur monoxide and nitrogen oxide dissolve into rainwater
- CCarbon dioxide dissolves into rainwater
- DSulfuric acid dissolves into rainwatee
2Where do sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide come from?
- Avegetation
- BCars produce half of all nitrogen oxides
- COil burning power plants emit 100 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide a year
- DCoal burning power plants emit 100 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide a year
3What are the effects of acid rain on the environment?
- AHalf of Germany's forests are affected by low pH which kills trees
- BIncreased biodiversity
- C48,000 lakes in Canada and the USA are too acidic to support fish
- D100,000 km of river in Sweden is acidic
- E100,000 miles of river in Sweden is acidic
4What may the secondary effects of acid rain be?
- AFood shortage: the soil becomes too acidic to support crops so there is not enough soil left to grow enough food
- BNot enough trees to provide oxygen
- CSpecies of animals may become extinct because their habitat is taken away OR because their main food source has disappeared
- DThe water supply could become acidic if it leached through the soil into an aquifer or a reservoir
- EFood will dissolve
5How can acid rain be prevented?
- ABy using renewable energy such as solar and wind
- BUsing fossil fuels other than coal
- CStopping prevailing winds
- DScrubbing emissions which removes 80-95% of sulfur dioxide
- ECatalysts
- FCatalytic converters
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- Quiz on Acid Rain, created by ruby98 on 06/05/2015.
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