Acid Rain Sam Jacob 500 words Chemistry 7th Period Acid rain, also known as atmospheric pollution, is when deposition becomes acidic. This deposition can be carried by the wind of long distances and when gets wet, can be caught in the rain, therefore causing the rain to become acidic (Students). Acid rain can cause damage to many things, including trees, soils, paint, and some buildings (EPA). Because of the damage of acid rain, people need to take steps to prevent further damage and pollution causing
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Acid Rain Acid rain is a type, or form, of precipitate that includes unnaturally high levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). The cause of acidic rain is due to chemical reactions like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide released in the air. The reactions can climb high in the atmosphere. When this happens, these substances mix with oxygen, water, and other types of chemicals to create acidic pollutants, also identified as “acid rain”. This happens because
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HUI SHI Heather Frizzell ENG-111-32 27 Oct 2014 Acid rain The sky was wearing a blue coat, but humans are forced to give it on a blue coat; the earth had clear blood, but humans make it black, dirty and stinking, and his green coat was torn to rags. Did you hear that the sky is crying, and the earth is crying? All this is caused by acid rain. Acid rain exists in so many countries that become a common problem. So, what is acid rain? How does acid rain form? How does it affect the environment and our
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What is acid rain? Is a mixture of wet and dry deposition, from the atmosphere containing higher amounts of nitric and sulphuric acids. Wet deposition- This relies too acidic rain, fog and snow. If the acid chemicals in the air are blown into areas where the weather is wet, the acids can be in the form of rain, snow, fog, or mist. As this acidic water flows over and through the ground, it affects a variety of plants and animals. Dry deposition-In areas where the weather is dry, the acid chemicals
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What is the Effect of Acid Rain on Plant Growth? Introduction My topic is about how acid rain affects plant growth. My hypothesis is that the plant will grow faster with the distilled water. My research says that it won’t grow well with the acid rain. Acid Rain Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is usually acidic, meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions. (“Acid Rain” Wikipedia) It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and infrastructure
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Abstract: Acidification of rain -water is recognized as one of the most severe environmental problems brought forth by air pollution. Burning of fossil fuels, industrialization, and urbanization have been responsible for the increase in gaseous sulphur and nitrogen emissions in the atmosphere, which combine with water molecules to deploy acidic precipitation on vegetation. Acid rain has been known to contribute to altercations in plant species’ physiology and chemical makeup. Altercations include
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ACID RAIN REPORT ACID RAIN REPORT Today our society struggles with many things. Pollution is a large quantity of that struggle. It has gotten to the point where we have polluted the air and polluted the rain, making it a very dangerous situation. Although this acid rain only affects some parts of the world it is critical to try putting an end to this self-inflicted environmental disaster. Causes and parts of the world where it is most serious; Acid Rain is a mixture of wet and dry disposition
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ACID RAIN As kids our parents probably hadn’t herd of smog, ozone depletion, greenhouse gases or even acid rain. This is fairly new too our society, things could have been done but they haven’t, Acid rain is ruining wild life, animal species and humans, we are hurting our own bodies with the gases we let into the atmosphere. From trees too babies we are suffering. You’ll see how it happens what it does to wild life, how it affects us and how it affects the rest of the world. Acid rain
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Question Which substance acts as the best buffer against acid rain? Conclusion My hypothesis was correct – milk of magnesia did serve as the best buffer against acid rain out of the 3 substances. However, do I think farmers should use this to protect their crops from harmful acid rains? No, probably not. Although it did end up counteracting the acid, the thickness of the milk of magnesia ended up choking the leaves of the plant. Wherever the solution was poured on the leaves, it would create a brown
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Manessa Bobb Acid Rain Sci 275 August 13th, 2011 Acid rain is rain that is acidic due to certain pollutants in the air. The rain is unusually acidic because it contains elevated levels of hydrogen ions. Acid rain is a form of acid deposition, which can be found in a wet or dry form. Wet deposition can be anything from rain to sleet, snow, or fog. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
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Question: How does acid rain affects shells on the beach? Hypothesis: If you put vinegar, as a supplement of acid, on shells over a period of time then each time you add vinegar the weight and mass of the shell will decrease because the acid will breakdown the shell. Methods: First collect a three one to two inch shell. Make sure you have a scale and zero it out with the plate you will be using. Take one shell and place it on a plate that will allow vinegar to spread out and not pool up eventually
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Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) Case Analysis | Production Processes and Costs | | | | | Executive Summary In the year 1992, the Southern Company that held the Bowen plant, a coal-fired steam electric plant had to decide on the various options available to comply with the amendments in the Clean Air Act, effective 1995. The Bowen plant was an unusually large plant with a capacity to serve the residential, commercial and industrial demands of 1 million people. The Bowen
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Chosen Topic: Water Pollution Chosen Area of Focus: Acid rain Article Title: Mexico: Acid rain damages mango crops Recent acid rain storms have damaged a large portion of Mexico's mango supply. Article Title: Acid Rain Has Turned Canadian Lakes into a Kind of Jelly Acid rain has removed the calcium from the soil and has led to lakes being filled with a gooey species of plankton. Article Title: China Takes First Steps In the Fight Against Acid Rain China is the home of many factories that contribute
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Acid and carbonate When a carbonate reacts with an acid, it gives off carbon dioxide gas. The products of the reaction between a carbonate and an acid are a salt, carbon dioxide and water. Calcium carbonate is a substance that is naturally found in the shells of a sea creature and snails. What salt do you think will be produced by the reaction of hydrochloric acid and carbonate? Hydrochloric acid + calcium carbonate calcium chloride + carbon dioxide + water Acid and Carbonate word equation:
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harm the environment Why rain is naturally acidic: Unpolluted rainwater has a pH of around 5.6 Gases in the atmosphere where rain forms react with water to form acids H2O + CO2 - H2CO3 (carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbonic acid) NO - NO2 + H2O - HNO3 (nitric oxide is oxidised in air to form nitrogen dioxide then reacts with water to form nitric acid) SO2 + H2O - H2SO4 (sulfur dioxide reacts with water to form sulfuric acid) Describe what is meant by acid rain: Rainfall that has become
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Atmospheric Issues SCI 275 3/9/14 Shawnica Pollard Atmospheric Issues An atmospheric issue I decided to write on was acid rain. According to air-quality.org sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides both combine with water in the atmosphere to create acid rain. Acid rain makes the soil acidic wherever the rainfall falls. This rain kills off plants, it can cause them severe damage as well. Forest decline is often the first sign that trees are in trouble due to air pollution. Scientists believe
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investigate environmental change using evidence from secondary sources This unit is expected to take approximately 4 to 5 hours. Where the unit fits in This unit builds on unit 7E ‘Acids and alkalis’, unit 7F ‘Simple chemical reactions’, unit 8G ‘Rocks and weathering’ and unit 8H ‘The rock cycle’, and on work on the reactions of acids in unit 9E ‘Reactions of metals and metal compounds’. It relates to work on growing plants in unit 9D ‘Plants for food’ and work on using energy resources in unit 9I ‘Energy
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our red lungs in to black lungs. In conclusion, as we all know, smoking can have many fatal and long run side effects such as heart failure, bad breath and lung cancer. Paragraph # 2 (Acid rain – Causes) Acid rain is mainly caused by factory pollutants, car emissions and the CFC’s. To begin with, acid rains are caused by the factory pollutants. These pollutants is the smoke evaporating from the factories and industries. These emissions contain dangerous nitrogen oxide gas which combines with
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To burn or not to burn? Carbon dioxide is a gas which is always produced when hydrocarbons are burned. Carbon dioxide has dangerous effects to our atmosphere and environment as it behaves like a glass- it traps infra-red radiation so that the Earth’s atmosphere heats up. This is crucial for life, without this effect caused by greenhouse gases, Earth would be too cold to sustain life. Methane and water are more effective than CO2 at this, but only CO2’s levels have been changing. CO2’s levels have
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Investigating the effect of acid rain on the growth of cress seeds Background Information: Describe why seeds need water and plants need water. (Photosynthesis) Answer: They take in co2 in the leaves .Light, water, carbon dioxide = photosynthesis =they make sugars and energy to be able to grow .The seeds need water, carbon dioxide and light to be able to process the photosynthesis so it will be able to produce sugar and energy so it will allow the seed or plant to grow. .Carbon dioxide + water
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Abstract: The experiment is to test the acidity of the rain water in Lawrence. In order to conduct the experiment rain water is needed. Litmus paper will be dipped in it and a LaMotte pH Tablet will be dissolved into it. The hypothesis generated for this experiment is that the acidity of the rain water in Lawrence will be between pH levels 4.5 and 5.5. The results showed that there is no acidity in the rain water; in fact it was basic with a pH level of 8. The results happened because the air in
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season it generally rains without break. Pools, canals and rivers are filled up and can hold no more water. So it overflows the banks and stands on the ground. This is called flood. The floods visit Bangladesh almost every year. When the monsoon begins there is excessive rainfall. The rivers swell to an alarming extent. The floods cause the crop to get damages. Acid rain is kind of rain which contains harmful chemicals. Acid rain is a massive problem in Bangladesh. Acid rain can cause damage to
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cement, mortar and concrete. Reactions with acids Carbonates react with acids to produce carbon dioxide, a salt and water. For example: calcium carbonate + hydrochloric acid → carbon dioxide + calcium chloride + water CaCO3 + 2HCl → CO2 + CaCl2 + H2O Since limestone is mostly calcium carbonate, it is damaged by acid rain. Sodium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, zinc carbonate and copper carbonate also react with acids: they fizz when in contact with acids, and the carbon dioxide released can be detected
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realized that our environment is in grave danger. Now that I've learned more about our environment I think I should share it out to everyone, here in JVB. There are many things that cause our environment to suffer. Air pollution, global warming, acid rain, fossil fuels, dirt water, and more. We can help stop some of this. Air pollution is very effective our environment, air pollution is causing the weather in different area's to change. This is effecting the plant and animals: in backyards, deserts
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access to cleaning drinking water. -China’s farmland is turning into desert land due to lack of water. -Since 1980, China’s grassland has shrunk by 15,000 square kilometers (the size of Connecticut). -China’s gas emissions are the cause for acid rain in South Korea and Japan and clouds of dirt in U.S and Europe. Solutions -China can spend more money for manufacturing solar, wind, battery power, and cleaning up water. This will also lead to new discoveries in innovation and technology
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UNIT 2: OUTCOME 2 The actions we humans make today, greatly affect us tomorrow. A very good example of this is gases being emitted into the atmosphere like carbon. There are several things that will take carbon out of the atmosphere: photosynthesis by land plants, oceanic phytoplankton, and some bacteria. Man came along and increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by burning large amounts of fossil fuels and cutting down large amounts of forests. This caused a large excess of CO2 in the atmosphere
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C1 REVISION TOPIC 1 The Earth’s atmosphere has changed over billions of years, but for the past 200 million years it has been much as it is today. We are, however, causing our atmosphere to change by human activity. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation are two examples of human effect on the environment. Composition of the Earth's atmosphere Air is made up of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%) and other gases (1%) The composition of air You need to know the proportions of the main gases in the atmosphere
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could be very dangerous to the world and its inhabitants. Water pollution is defined as the any addition of harmful chemicals to any natural water resources (Dictionary.com, 2013). There are a number of water pollutants, human waste, factories, acid rain, and agriculture. Agriculture is among the leading cause of water pollution in the United States (Grace, 2013). Water
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hydrochloric acid affect Spirogyra, Volvox, and Micrasteria Cellular Structure? Hypothesis Spirogyra will be most affected by the acid rain because its chloroplasts are ribbon shaped and spirally arranged giving the hydrochloric acid more access to it while Volvox, and Micrasteria won’t be as sensitive to the hydrochloric acid. Materials Algae: Spirogyra, Volvox, and Micrasteria Hydrochloric acid 3 test tubes A microscope to observe the algae’s cellular structure as affected by the acid rain A
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Nature Cause and Effect Is the earth being harmed or are we making it a better place? Humans have a great impact on Mother Earth. Everything we do, however small or big one way or another affects the earth either positively or negatively. The readings of John Muir, ‘A Wind Storm in the Forest,’ and Chief Seattle’s ‘Address’ show that there was a spiritual connection to nature whereas Al Gore’s ‘Remarks to Climate Change Conference, April 1994” relates more to the physical aspects of why should
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