Phenomenon: Acid Rain Video

Pheonmenon: Acid Rain

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What is acid rain?

• Precipitation with high levels of nitric and sulfuric acids

• Pure water without any pollutants

• Precipitation with high levels of carbon dioxide

• Precipitation with high levels of oxygen

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How can acid rain occur?

• Only in the form of dry materials

• In the form of snow, fog, and dry materials

• Only in the form of rain

• In the form of snow and fog

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What causes most acid rain?

• Natural disasters

• Human activities

• Volcanic eruptions

• Wildfires

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What happens when people burn fossil fuels?

• Release of carbon dioxide only

• Release of nitrogen and sulfuric acid

• Release of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides

• Release of oxygen and water vapor

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How does acid rain harm water systems?

• Has no impact on water systems

• Improves the water quality

• Increases the oxygen levels in water

• Makes water toxic to aquatic animals

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How does acid rain harm forests?

• By increasing the growth of trees

• By providing essential nutrients to trees

• By making it easier for trees to take up water

• By damaging trees leaves and robbing the soil of essential nutrients

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What can be done to reduce the number of pollutants that create acid rain?

• Burn more fossil fuels

• Ignore the impact of human activities on acid rain

• Increase the use of fossil fuels

• Design cleaner power plants and use fewer fossil fuels

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What are the effects of acid rain on the food chain?

• No impact on the food chain

• Affects only aquatic species

• Increases the population of prey fish

• Affects non-aquatic species such as birds as well

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How do sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react to form acid rain?

• React with carbon dioxide to form acid rain

• React with water, oxygen, and other substances to form sulfuric and nitric acid

• React with nitrogen to form acid rain

• React with oxygen to form acid rain

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What are the different forms in which acid rain can occur?

• Only in the form of fog

• Only in the form of snow

• Only in the form of rain

• In the form of snow, fog, and dry materials