How is acid rain formed and what type of damage does it cause?

Answer 1

WHEN FUELS SUCH AS FIREWOOD,GASOLINE AND OTHER FOSSIL FUELS USED IN MOTOR VEHICLES ARE BURNED,CARBON DIOXIDE SULFUR DIOXIDE, AND NITROUS OXIDEARE RELEASED INTO TH AIR. COMBINED WITH WATER VAPOR, THESE GASES FORM ACID SOLUTIONS, KNOWN AS ACID RAIN. IT DISSOLVES MINERALS IN SOIL REDUCING IT'S FERTILITY. WHEN THE SOIL HAS LOST IT'S NUTRIENTS, CROPS AND OTHER PLANTS DO NOT GROW WELL. IT CAN ALSO CORRODE BUILDINGS AND STATUES MADE OF LIMESTONE AND CALCIUM CARBONATE. It also contaminates rivers and dams.

Answer 2

Acid rain is a result of high concentrations of gases or particulates in the atmosphere that, when dissolved in water, produce rain with a pH significantly below 7. Some possible sources for such gases and particulates include volcanic eruptions, dust from acid trees like pines, sulfur compounds from fuels burned in power plants, and exhaust from vehicles.

Answer 3

Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides dissolve very easily in water and can be carried very far by the wind. As a result, the two compounds can travel long distances where they become part of the rain, sleet, snow, and fog that we experience on certain days.

Answer 4

Acid rain is formed through the chemical reaction between carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide (coming from fossil power plants operation) with water vapor in air and forming respectively carbonic acid, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid that mixes with water rain. These acid rains harms agriculture and water quality.

Answer 5

It can get into the water supply, cause corrosion on buildings and damage crops, trees and plants.