Acids & Enviroment

Question 1

What does normal rain contain?

Answer 1

Dissolved carbon dioxide

Question 2

What is normal rain’s PH?

Answer 2

PH 5-6

Question 3

What gases cause acid rain?

Answer 3

Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide

Question 4

What is acid rain’s PH?

Answer 4

<4

Question 5

What does acid rain harm?

Answer 5

Plants and aquatic life

Question 6

What causes these harmful gases?

Answer 6

Burning fossil fuels

Question 7

What do fossil fuels contain?

Answer 7

Small amounts of sulfur

Question 8

What makes sulfur dioxide?

Answer 8

Sulfur combined with oxygen

Question 9

What is sulfur dioxide’s word equation?

Answer 9

Sulfur+oxygen->sulfur dioxide

Question 10

What is sulfur dioxide harmful to?

Answer 10

Human and other animals respiratory system

Question 11

When are fossil fuels burned?

Answer 11

Car engines, factories and furnaces

Question 12

What are the effects of acid rain?

Answer 12

Dissolves important plant minerals which gets washed away.
Damages leaves making photosynthesis less efficient.
Lowers PH of lochs/rivers making them too acidic for fish to live in.

Question 13

What do many types of rock contain?

Answer 13

Calcium carbonate

Question 14

Why is it useful that CO2 dissolves in ocean water

Answer 14

Reduces amount of CO2 in atmosphere

Question 15

What is the negative effect of CO2 dissolving in ocean water?

Answer 15

Makes water more acidic

Question 16

What happens when C02 dissolves in OW?

Answer 16

Difficult for corals/other marine animals to form calcium carbonate skeletons and shells

Question 17

What other forms can acid take?

Answer 17

Snow & mist

Question 18

What does acid rain do to forests?

Answer 18

Grow more slowly/die, dissolves nutrients in the soil which helps trees grow, release of harmful substances into soil, changes leaves, weakens trees

Question 19

How can we prevent acid rain?

Answer 19

Spend more money on pollution control, find alternative energy