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प्रश्न
State the impact of acid rain on the environment, other than soil chemistry and water bodies.
उत्तर
Acid rain changes the pH of the environment: Certain species (aquatic animals) are eliminated at pH less than 6 [Salmons die at pH less than 5.3]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give suitable biological reasons for the following statement :
Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
Explain the formation of acid rain due to:
Oxides of sulphur
What are the effects of acid rain?
What causes acidic deposition?
Fill in the Blanks:
Acid rain is caused by oxides of ______, ______.
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.
Give balanced equations for the formation of sulphuric acid in acid rain, when’ a fossil fuel is burnt in an electric power station.
Explain the basic function of a catalytic converter in an internal combustion engine.
State why acid rain causes ‘nutrient leaching’ when it falls on the earth.
Give balanced equation for the following conversion [one or two steps].
Sulphur trioxide to sulphuric acid – a constituent of acid rain.
