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प्रश्न
Fill in the Blanks:
Acid rain is caused by oxides of ______, ______.
उत्तर
Acid rain is caused by oxides of Sulphur, nitrogen.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
___________ causes corrosion of the marble or brick surface.
Give the impact of acid rain: On plants
What is acid rain?
Acid rainfall is involved with the (decreased, increased, normal) acidity in rivers, destroying aquatic animals.
Fill in the Blanks:
Rain that is more acidic than normal is called ______.
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.
Give balanced equations for the formation of sulphuric acid in acid rain, when’ a fossil fuel is burnt in an electric power station.
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.
Give reasons why acid rain affects marine organisms.
