Acid rain refers to the mixture of wet and dry deposition containing higher than normal amounts of these 2 acids.
What is nitric and sulfuric acid?
100
Acid rain flows into these water sources after falling on forests, fields, buildings, and roads.
What are streams, lakes, and marshes?
100
This is the scale used to measure acid rain.
What is a pH scale?
100
The burning of this fossil fuel accounts for most Sulfur Dioxide emissions and a large portion of Nitrogen Oxide emissions.
What is coal?
100
Acid rain has the greatest impact on these geographical features.
What are streams, lakes, and wetlands?
200
Acid rain is formed from both this natural source and this man-made source.
What are volcanoes/decaying vegetation and fossil fuel combustion?
200
Researchers now know that acid rain causes these 3 issues with forests.
What is slower growth, injury, or death?
200
Pure water has a pH of this.
What is 7?
200
This device chemically removes Sulfur Dioxide from smoke stacks.
What are scrubbers?
200
Acidic waters are toxic to these aquatic species.
What are crayfish, clams, and fish?
300
This refers to acidic rain, fog, and snow. Acid chemicals in the air are blown where the weather is wet and can fall to the ground in the form of rain, snow, fog, or mist.
What is wet deposition?
300
Acid rain corrosion of this (such as bronze) and the deterioration of these 2 materials. These effects can change the value of buildings, bridges, cultural objects and cars.
What are metals, paint and stone?
300
Normal rain is slightly acidic because of this chemical.
What is carbon dioxide?
300
This part on your car helps reduce Nitrogen Oxide emissions.
What is catalytic converter?
300
Our ecosystem is interconnected; therefore, this non-aquatic species is also effected by acid rain.
What are birds?
400
In areas where weather is dry, the acid chemicals may become incorporated into dust or smoke and fall to the ground through this.
What is dry deposition?
400
Gases interact in the atmosphere to form these, that can be transported long distances by winds and inhaled deep into people's lungs causing increased illness and premature death from heart and lung disorders, such as asthma and bronchitis.
What are fine particles?
400
The most acidic rain falling in the U.S. has a pH of this.
What is 4.3?
400
This method of restoring a damaged environment helps cancel out the acidity in acidic lakes.
What is liming?
400
The effects of acid rain, combined with other environmental stressors, leave trees and plants unable to withstand these negative factors.
What are colder temperatures, insects, and disease?
500
In the United States, roughly this much of all sulfur dioxide and this much of all nitrogen oxide comes from electric power that relies on burning fossil fuels.
What is 2/3 and 1/4?
500
This is one of the most acidic lakes reported in the U.S. with a pH of 4.2.
What is Little Echo Pond in Franklin, New York.
500
This program measures wet deposition and develops maps of rainfall pH.
What is The National Atmospheric Deposition Program?
500
These energy sources are alternatives to fossil fuels. (Name one)
What is nuclear power, hydropower, wind energy, geothermal energy, or solar energy?
500
The pollutants may inhibit many trees ability to do this function.