Acid rainby E.K.!

March 12th, 2014!Presented to Mr. T.T.

What is acid rain?

Acid Rain. Digital image. N.p., 28 Feb. 2014. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

What is acid rain?Acid rain is the term used to describe any precipitation that contains a content of acidity that is higher then normal.!

Martz, John. Acid Rain. Digital image. Laughing Squid. N.p., 8 Aug. 2010. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

What is its chemical formation?

One of the main formation of acid rain is when nitrogen dioxides and water react in high temperatures, they form nitrous and nitric acids.

Ophardt, Charles E. Acid Rain -Nitrogen Oxides. Digital image. Virtual Chembook, 2003. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .!

How do you measure acidity?

Scientists measure the acidity of rain water using pH meters. These tools measure the pH levels of the water.

"Acid Rain." Government of Canada, Environment Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

The discovery of acid rain

Robert Angus Smith was the first scientist to closely study the acidity levels in water in the mid-1800s.!

Unknown. Robert Angus Smith. Digital image. Oxford DNB. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

What causes acid rain?There are numerous causes of acid rain, produced both by nature (such as volcanos) and by the activities of people (such as the burning of fossil fuels).

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What are the affects of acid rain?

Acid rain eects many things such as forests, lakes, animals, structures, and the air. Dowdey, Sarah. How Acid Rain Works. Digital image. HowStuWorks. HowStuWorks.com,

05 Aug. 2007. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

Land

Acid rain changes the makeup of the soil by leaching important nutrients that plants need in order to live.

Environmental Impact of the Petroleum Industry. Digital image. Wikipedia., 03 June 2014. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

Water

The leached metals, salts and acids flow into rivers and lakes which is harmful to the animals and plants in the water. Acid Rain Kills Rivers. Digital image. Acid Rain. Water Encyclopedia,

2014. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!

Martin Hoert, New York University professor

Fossil fuels have been a great boon to our civilization. Without them, we would never have had the Industrial Revolution, we would never have had the past two hundred years, and we would still be living the way people did in the Middle Ages.

Parks, Peggy J. Acid Rain. USA: Thomson Gale, 2006. Print. Our Environment.!

How to reduce acid rain?There are various eorts that both the individual and society can do to reduce the amount of acid rain in the world.

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BibliographyWebsites:

"Acid Rain." Government of Canada, Environment Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .!"Acid Rain." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2014. .!

!Books:

Gutnik, Martin J. Experiments That Explore Acid Rain. USA: n.p., 1992. Print.!Parks, Peggy J. Acid Rain. USA: Thomson Gale, 2006. Print. Our Environment.!