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The effect of Acid rain on our environment
ByOduaine
Acid Rain
• Acid rain is very problematic to the environment and it affects a good amount of the U.S, and Canada.
The making of acid rain
• Acid rain is a mixture of wet and dry deposition containing higher than normal levels of nitric, and sulfuric acids.
Chemicals of acid rain
• The chemicals that form acid rain comes from both natural and man-made sources
• Natural sources-volcanoes, and decaying vegetation
• Man-made sources-the byproducts of fossil fuel ignition which is sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides.
Deposited material
• Wet deposition-refers to acidic rain, snow, or fog.
• Dry deposition-If the weather is dry, acid chemicals change to dust, or smoke and fall to the ground
Effects of Acid Rain
• 1.Acidification of lakes and streams-dead aquatic life
• 2.Helps towards the damage of trees at high elevations.
• 3.Destroys sensitive forest soils.• 4.Speeds up the decay of building materials
and paint
Effect on aquatic life
• If the number of one group of species changes in response to acidification, then the ecological unit of the entire water body is likely to be affected through the predator-prey connections of the food web.
Effect on wildlife
• Animals dependent on aquatic ecosystems are affected.
• Since acid rain affects aquatic plants and animals, food for other organisms may be lacking.
• If plants keep dying from acid rain, eventually there will be no more left, and with that, no more humans left too. Why?
• How are we supposed to breathe without air?
Prevention of acid rain
• It is the products we use such as lawnmowers, edgers, cars, or anything that burns gas or diesel, that causes acid rain
• A simple way of contributing to the prevention of acid rain, is to convert from these gas consuming products to products that use electricity instead.
References
• www.geocities.com• www.epa.gov• www.associatedcontent.com