Acid Rain Quiz

Which of these is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops
• burning fossil fuels for energy
• dumping sewage in river systems
• using uranium to generate electricity

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 can acid rain corrode (react and dissolve)?

• statues

• houses

• grass

• trees

Using fossil fuels reduce acid rain

• True

• False

Using solar and wind power help reduce acid rain

• True

• False

What are the main causes of acid rain?

• water power and electricity

• coal burning factories and automobile emissions

• farms and forests

• solar and wind turbines blowing the poison gasses

Acid rain has ruined almost half of the ___________ in Germany causing Germany's timber resource to decline

• forest (trees)

• cars

• oxygen

• factories

Which is NOT an effect of acid rain?

• Vegetation dying

• Fish and other animals dying

• Increase in taxes

• The wind carrying acid rain to other countries

Which are solutions to acid rain?

• taller smoke stacks

• ride sharing

• smokeless zones

• all of the above