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    Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion reacting with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to form acids like sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which fall to Earth as rain, snow, or fog with a lower pH that can damage plants, fish, trees, and buildings. The emissions come from places with many coal power plants and factories and are carried by wind currents, potentially impacting ecosystems far from the sources of pollution. Acid rain accelerates the natural weathering of rock and harms environmental and economic assets like forests and fisheries.

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    Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion reacting with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to form acids like sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which fall to Earth as rain, snow, or fog with a lower pH that can damage plants, fish, trees, and buildings. The emissions come from places with many coal power plants and factories and are carried by wind currents, potentially impacting ecosystems far from the sources of pollution. Acid rain accelerates the natural weathering of rock and harms environmental and economic assets like forests and fisheries.

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    Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion reacting with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to form acids like sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which fall to Earth as rain, snow, or fog with a lower pH that can damage plants, fish, trees, and buildings. The emissions come from places with many coal power plants and factories and are carried by wind currents, potentially impacting ecosystems far from the sources of pollution. Acid rain accelerates the natural weathering of rock and harms environmental and economic assets like forests and fisheries.

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    Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion reacting with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to form acids like sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which fall to Earth as rain, snow, or fog with a lower pH that can damage plants, fish, trees, and buildings. The emissions come from places with many coal power plants and factories and are carried by wind currents, potentially impacting ecosystems far from the sources of pollution. Acid rain accelerates the natural weathering of rock and harms environmental and economic assets like forests and fisheries.

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    ACID RAIN

    Do Now

    • What does pH scale measure?


    • What pH value is considered “neutral”?
    • Which pH values are “acidic”?
    • Which pH values are “basic” or “alkaline”?
    What is the pH of rain?
    • Pure water has a pH of 7 – neutral (neither an acid
    nor a base)
    • Normal precipitation is slightly acidic (pH =5.6)
    because carbon dioxide (CO2)n the air mixes with rain
    water to form a weak acid called carbonic acid.
    • H2O + CO2 H2CO3
    How does acid rain
    form?
    • Factories that
    burn fossil fuels
    release sulfur
    dioxide(SO2) and
    nitrous
    oxides(NOx )
    • Cars that burn
    fossil fuels
    release nitrous
    oxides. (NOx )
    How does acid
    precipitation form?
    • Sulfur and nitrous
    oxides combine with
    water in the
    atmosphere to form
    sulfuric acid and nitric
    acid
    H2O + SO2H2SO4
    H2O + N2OxHNO3
    • These strong acids
    lower the pH of rain
    more than H2CO3
    How does acid rain form?
    So where does it come from and
    where is it going?
    • Acid rain follows the winds.
    • It starts in places where
    there are a lot of coal-fired
    power plants and factories
    and ends up wherever the
    wind blows it
    • Point or Non-point Source
    Pollution ??

    Prevailing Winds in N. America


    What happens to the soil and
    water around us?

    Acidification of soils & water


    • Acid rain can cause a drop in the pH of soil and
    water - called acidification.
    What is the Effect of Acid Rain on Plants?

    When the soil becomes


    acidic, nutrients that
    plants need are washed
    away by rainwater.

    Acid Rain causes Sulfur dioxide clogs


    toxic metals to be the openings on the
    released into the surfaces of plants-
    soil-causing root no photosynthesis
    damage.
    So what does acid rain damage in
    plants look like?
    Acid Precipitation and Aquatic
    Ecosystems

    If acid precipitation
    falls on a lake and
    As a result, fish changes the water’s
    are slowly pH, it can kill aquatic
    suffocated plants and animals.
    The aluminum
    accumulates in the gills
    of fish and interferes
    with oxygen and salt
    exchange.
    Acid precipitation can
    causes aluminum to
    leach out of the soil
    surrounding a lake.
    What does acid rain damage in
    these ecosystems look like?
    What is “acid shock”?

    Acid
    • the sudden runoff of large
    amounts of highly acidic water
    into lakes, streams, and rivers
    when snow melts in the spring or

    shock when heavy rains follow a


    drought

    Effects • large numbers of fish die


    • affects the reproduction of fish and

    of Acid amphibians that remain. They produce


    fewer eggs, and those eggs often do not
    hatch.

    Shock
    • The offspring that do survive often have
    birth defects and cannot reproduce
    Acid Precipitation and Humans
    1) Toxic metals (aluminum and mercury) can be
    released into the environment.
    – These toxic metals get into crops, water, and fish.
    – The toxins then poison the humans who eat the
    crops, water and fish.
    Acid Precipitation and Humans
    Acid Precipitation and Humans
    2) Research has indicated that there may be a
    connection between large amounts of acid
    precipitation and an increase in respiratory
    problems in a community’s children
    Acid Precipitation and Humans
    3) Fisherman can’t fish because the number of
    fish is decreased because by acidification of
    lakes

    The Forestry industry is also affected because


    trees are damaged by acid precipitation.
    Acid Precipitation and Humans
    4) Acid precipitation can dissolve the calcium carbonate in
    common building materials, such as concrete.
    As a result, some of the worlds most important and historic
    monuments, including those made of marble are being
    affected.
    2

    3
    Acid Rain Effects
    1. What are the effects of acid rain on:
    a) Plants
    b) Humans
    2. How is acid rain related to point/ non-point
    sources of pollution?
    3. How is acid rain connected to
    biomagnification and bioaccumulation?
    Acid Rain Lab
    • Part 1- “Dragon’s Breath”
    – BtB: a pH indicator (blue  yellow pH =<6)
    – Observe pH changes as you add CO2 through a
    straw (blowing bubbles)
    • Part 2- How does acid rain affect limestone?
    – Chalk will represent our limestone
    – 4 solutions to test- 1 full piece of chalk/solution
    • Distilled water (control)
    • 50/50 water and vinegar (NOT 10/90 solution as stated in pkt.)
    • 100% vinegar

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