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Transcribed Image Text:Williamson Schools 9 Schoology My Profile - Zoom b wcschools.schoology.com/common-assessment-delivery/start/4830003065?action=Donresume&submissionid-482698361 vCS Bookmarks E Edulastic: Formativ. D (26) we fell in love i. Co 6 ghi K 2020.11.12 Triangl. O (2) apocalypse- cig. K Sso - Skyward O New Tab Acid rain occurs, scientists realized, when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide enter the atmosphere and react with water to form sulfuric and nitric acids. Natural sources of these gases exist-volcanoes, for instance, belch out sulfur dioxide-but the vast majority comes from the burning of fossil fuels, especially by coal-fired power plants. The tall smokestacks allow pollution to travel long distances. According to studies conducted by Likens and his colleagues, normal rainwater has a pH of 5.2. During the 1970s and 1980s, when acid rain was at its worst, scientists recorded pH levels as low as 2.1, roughly 1,000 times more acidic. + 2H So,? Oxidation NO "osH- HNO, H + NO NH, + H = NH, Wet Deposition H NH,NO, so Dry Deposition Emission Source Dry Deposition of Gases, Particles and Aerosols Natural Ammonia Wet Deposition of Dissolved Acids Acid rain affected many parts of the United States, but the Northeast suffered the most ecological damage. The Adirondack Mountains proved especially susceptible. Many soils in regions such as middle Tennessee, contain calcium carbonate or other minerals that can neutralize acid rain before it seeps into lakes and streams. "Unfortunately the Adirondacks have almost none," scientists say. As a result, lakes and streams quickly became acidic, killing fish and other aquatic animals. Acid rain occurs, scientists realized, when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide enter the atmosphere and react with water to form sulfuric and nitric acids. Natural sources of these gases exist-volcanoes, for instance, belch out sulfur dioxide-but the vast majority comes from the burning of fossil fuels, Signo |細 @星心 @5

Transcribed Image Text:Williamson Schools O Schoology My Profile - Zoom b wcschools.schoology.com/common-assessment-delivery/start/4830003065?action=Donresume&submissionid=482698361 CS Bookmarks E Edulastic: Formativ. > (26) we fell in love i. %23 O ghj K 2020.11.12 Triangl. O (2) apocalypse - cig.. Sso - Skyward New Tab Acid rain affected many parts of the United States, but the Northeast suffered the most ecological damage. The Adirondack Mountains proved especially susceptible. Many soils in regions such as middle Tennessee, contain calcium carbonate or other minerals that can neutralize acid rain before it seeps into lakes and streams. "Unfortunately the Adirondacks have almost none," scientists say. As a result, lakes and streams quickly became acidic, killing fish and other aquatic animals. Acid rain occurs, scientists realized, when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide enter the atmosphere and react with water to form sulfuric and nitric acids. Natural sources of these gases exist-volcanoes, for instance, belch out sulfur dioxide-but the vast majority comes from the burning of fossil fuels, especially by coal-fired power plants. The tall smokestacks allow pollution to travel long distances. According to studies conducted by Likens and his colleagues, normal rainwater has a pH of 5.2. During the 1970s and 1980s, when acid rain was at its worst, scientists recorded pH levels as low as 2.1, roughly 1,000 times more acidic. See the environmental effects pH scale below. According to the information provided, how does acid rain impact an ecosystem? Coal-burning factories produce sulfur and nitrogen oxides that travel long distances, then fall to earth as acid rain which neutralize carbonates before flowing into waterways as neutral water. Sulfur and nitrogen oxides come from naturally released ammonia, which combine with hydrogen in the atmosphere to make acid rain which then falls on forests O and waterways. Sulfur and nitrogen oxides are released from tall smokestacks of coal-burning factories, sending these chemicals a long distance away, where they return to earth as acid rain, causing animals in far away forests to be affected more than animals in the water. Coal-burning factories produce sulfur and nitrogen oxides that travel long distances, then fall to earth as acid rain that flows into waterways, causing the death of fish and other water animals.

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