Natural Causes
Smoky the bear encourages you to prevent these
What are forest fires?
to conserve electricity, this is what should be done with electronic devices when not needed
What is turn it off?
List two species that may die because of acid rain
What are fish, trees, plants etc.?
this scale measure the acidity of alkalinity of liquids
What is the pH scale?
this is burned by factories and cars to cause acid rain
What are fossil fuels?
a fiery natural cause that emits sulfuric acid
what are volcanic eruptions?
this is added to smokestacks of coal-burning plants to reduce sulfur
What are scrubbers?
What manmade structures are being destroyed by acid rain?
What are buildings, bridges, statues, tombstones, and sculptures?
water has this "neutral" pH
what is 7?
acid rain reduces the ability of this substance to hold onto nutrients
What is soil?
These accidents in the woods can lead to the emission of chemicals which cause acid rain
What are forest fires?
this device is installed on cars to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide
What is a catalytic converter?
the original color of the "statue of liberty" when it was first constructed and donated to the U.S. by france
what is copper/brown?
this harmful gas is produced when Nitrogen dioxide reacts with rain to make it more acidic
What are nitrous acid and nitric acid?
the 2 types of acid deposition
What is wet and dry deposition?
The three main chemicals that when released make rain more acidic
What are Sulfur dioxide, Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide?
Minerals that factories want to limit the burning of to reduce acid rain
What are coal and sulfur?
What are two ecosystems suffering because of acid precipitation
What are aquatic ecosystems and forests?
pH scale measures the level of this element in liquids
What is hydrogen?
the presence or absence of these, paint-like organisms, growing on rocks is a sign of pollution
What is lichen?
This natural event is powerful enough to cause nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere to react and create nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide
what is lightning?
this substance can be added to acidified lakes and streams as a solution to increase pH
What is lime?
the inhalation of these chemicals can cause asthma and bronchitis
What are sulfur and nitrate particles?
the capacity to resist changes in pH when acidic or alkaline products are added
What is buffering capacity?
the chemical formula of sulfuric acid
What is H2SO4?