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Is it true that air pollution from industry often causes rainwater to become acidic?
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∙ 14y ago
It is fairly common in some countries that air pollution causes acid rain.
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How are humans responsible in causing weathering?
Weathering is a NATURAL process that would occur without humans on the planet. However, human activities, particularly the dumping of acidic gases (Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide made as a byproduct of industry) into the atmosphere causes rainwater to become more acid than it would be if humans were not doing this. This acid rainwater speeds up the rate of weathering, particularly of limestone rocks.
How does rocket launching cause pollution and How can this pollution become an international problem?
yes
When rainfall occurs the rainwater will most likely become surface runoff if the land surface is?
Impermeable
How does soil become acidic?
fertilisers and acid rain
What does pollution do to earth?
Pollution effects the plants by kiliing its animals and it will also make people become ill.
Is rain acidic or alkaline?
Unpolluted rain should be neutral but many pollutants are acidic (oxides, dioxides and trioxides of Sulphur and Nitrogen in particular). These can become dissolved in rainwater it cause it to become acidic.
Which gas will cause rainwater to have a pH of 6.0?
A PH of 7 is neutral, a PH falling below this means that the water is acidic. Carbon dioxide and SO2 are common gases found in the air which, when when dissolved in rainwater, will cause it to become acidic and thus lower the PH.
Why did rainwater become more acidic in the last century?
because we started burning more and more coal and that is all what acid rain is is pouted water
How are humans responsible in causing weathering?
Weathering is a NATURAL process that would occur without humans on the planet. However, human activities, particularly the dumping of acidic gases (Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide made as a byproduct of industry) into the atmosphere causes rainwater to become more acid than it would be if humans were not doing this. This acid rainwater speeds up the rate of weathering, particularly of limestone rocks.
How does rainwater become acid?
Rainwater becomes acidic when contaminated water evaporates into clouds and those clouds eventually rain. Water becomes contaminated mainly because toxic, biological, or other waste material are dumped into a body of water like a pond or lake.
Why does garden soil become acidic?
Garden soils will gradually become acidic as the rain that falls is slightly acidic and most fertilisers are also.
Is Strongbow cider acidic?
Yes it is acidic and can become very acidic over time!
Why would hyperthyroidism cause the blood pH to become acidic?
hyperthyroidism is an acidic condition thus the reason why it causes the blood pH to become acidic.
What is the fate of precpitation?
to become a delicous peice or rainwater some day.
When does soil become harmful?
It is either naturally acidic or the rocks and minerals around it make it become acidic. This can be harmful to plants.
When ammonia is bubbled into water does it become acidic or alkalinity?
It stays alkaline
What causes rain to become acidic?
oil from cars are 1 of the resons it turns to acidic rain
