Is the effect of acid rain always apparent in lakes or stream? Why?
No! They can still look clear and beautiful.
100
Fossil fuels produce these compounds?
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
100
Fossil fuels are what kind of energy source?
nonrenewable
100
What is rain that has become acidic after reacting with atmospheric gases (mostly sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides).
Acid rain?
200
What forms of precipitation does acid rain falls down as?
Rain, snow, hail, fog, frost, or dew.
200
A lower pH of less than 5 causes what problems for fish?
Some cannot reproduce
200
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide combine with water vapor to produce what acids?
Sulfuric acid and nitric acid
200
What Act was established in 1990 to reduce the emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide?
The Clean Air Act
200
Acid rain contributes to the corrosion of __________?
Metals
300
Normal Rain has a pH of?
about 5.6
300
Insects cannot survive in strongly acidic lakes and streams How does this effect the mammals and birds?
They can die off because the insects are food for the mammals and birds
300
Acid rain ion the E$astern US has been recorded with a pH as low as _________ and _________?
2.0 and 3.0
300
What is used to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by automobiles
catalytic converters
300
What is acid deposition?
A better term for acid rain
400
Most Acid Rain Precipitation has a pH between __________ and ____________?
4.6 and 5.6
400
In what country did were the effects of acid rain first reported in the 1940's?
Norway
400
What can cause sulfur and nitrogen oxides to travel many miles across regional and international boundaries?
The wind
400
Fossil fuel burning plants use _________ coal to reduce sulfur dioxide emission.
low- sulfur coal
400
What causes deterioration of stone and paint on buildings?
acid rain
500
In the US and Canada sulfur dioxide causes more acid rain than from nitrogen oxides. The source of Sulfur dioxide is mainly from __________?
automobiles
500
what are 3 ways acid rain effects forests?
Alter soil chemistry,
Decrease nutrient availability
Decrease plant growth
500
By 1985, what percent of the trees in Germany were visibly affected by acid rain?
52%
500
What equipment can be used to clean emissions from fossil fuel burning plants?
Scrubbers
500
Particulate matter containing atmospheric sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide accounts for ____ percent of visibility problems in the Eastern United States.