PBL APES Project 1 Task 3 Review

Which is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops

• burning fossil fuels for energy

• dumping sewage in rivers

• using Nuclear power stations

True or false. Acid rain caused in one country can cause problems in other nearby countries

• true

• false

How is acid rain formed?

• Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide mix with water in the ocean.
• Carbon dioxide and oxygen mix with water in the air.
• Sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide mix with lake water.
• Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide mix with water in the air.

Which of these contributes to acid rain?

• HCl
• NaOH
• CaO
• SO₂

Acid rain has a pH LESS than

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 3

How does acid rain affect humans?

• air pollution gets into our lungs and water

• It burns our clothes

• it makes us blind

• it makes us blonde

What human activity is the main cause of acid rain?

• cars

• deforestation

• coal power plants / power stations

• volcanoes

What are the two types of acids that are in acid rain?

• Iron

• sulfuric

• nitric

• sulfur

In lakes  that are exposed to acid rain, fish populations are declining.
  This is primarily due to changes in which lake condition?

• size
• pH
• temperature
• location

78% of the Earth's atmosphere is ___________ and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is _____________.

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Nitrogen, Oxygen

• Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide