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प्रश्न
Enumerate the ways by which acid rain can be controlled to prevent its adverse effects on the environment.
उत्तर
Ways to control acid rain:
- Using catalytic convertors, which can reduce NO emission from automobiles so that NO, and nitric acid is not formed.
- Using C.N.G., Hydro power or wind energy which is cleaner energy and cause less pollution.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the cause of acid rain? Give any two impacts of acid rain.
What is acid rain?
What are the effects of acid rain?
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Rain that is more acidic than normal is called ______.
State the natural and man-made sources of the two pollutants responsible for acid rain.
Burning of fossil fuels is an important source of the pollutant – ‘oxides of sulphur’ responsible for acid rain.
State what are ‘fossil fuels’. Name the principal fossil fuels. State why sulphur dioxide is emitted on burning a fossil fuel. Give a balanced equation for the same.
State why high temperatures in internal combustion engines release pollutant – oxides of nitrogen.
Starting from nitrogen in air, enlist the reactions with the help of balanced equations, which result in the conversion of nitrogen in an internal combustion- engine, to the acids formed which are responsible for acid rain.
State why acid rain causes ‘nutrient leaching’ when it falls on the earth.
Give reasons why acid rain affects marine organisms.
