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प्रश्न
What is acid rain?
उत्तर १
Acid rain is the term for pollution caused by sulphur and nitrogen dioxide when they combine with atmospheric moisture.
उत्तर २
Acid rain: Oxides of sulphur [S02] and nitrogen [N02] present air mix with water [or snow, fog etc.] and fall down on the earth resulting in acid rain.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the following pollutant:
A pollutant which is mainly responsible for causing acid rain.
Explain the formation of acid rain due to:
Oxides of sulphur
Give the impact of acid rain: On plants
Give the impact of acid rain: On soil
What are the causes of acid rain?
What is the cause of acid rain? Give any two impacts of acid rain.
Give Technical Terms:
The gas which mainly contributes to causing acid rains.
Fill in the Blanks:
Burning of coal and diesel releases ______
Fill in the Blanks:
Petrol engine gives off gaseous oxides of ______
True or False:
Acid precipitation is created by reactions in the atmosphere, and can fall many miles from where pollution originated.
During metallurgy – smelting plants produce sulphur dioxide, when metallic sulphides are roasted in air. 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.
State why acid rain causes ‘nutrient leaching’ when it falls on the earth.
What is meant by the term ‘acid rain’. Give any two impacts of acid rain.
Give balanced equation for the following conversion [one or two steps].
Sulphur trioxide to sulphuric acid – a constituent of acid rain.
Acid rain has adverse effect on the environment State the effect acid rain has on the following:
The nutrients present in the soil.
