Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Acid Rain

1.) List a few of the gases which lead to acid rain.
Sulfur and Nitrogen oxide.
2.) What is the source of much of the acid rain producing gases in Pennsylvania?
The coal burning in power plants, cars, and agricultural sector.
3.) Briefly explain how acid rain forms.
It forms when sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide combine together with water sulfuric acid and nitric acid and then mixed with rainwater, fall to the earth as acid rain.

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