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प्रश्न
What is meant by the term ‘acid rain’. Give any two impacts of acid rain.
उत्तर
Acid rain: Oxides of sulphur [SO,] and nitrogen [NO,] present air mix with water [or snow, fog etc.] and fall down on the earth resulting in acid rain.
Two impacts of acid rain:
- The water of lakes and rivers which is becoming acidic, may not support aquatic life.
Acid rain damages the buildings and sculptural materials or marble, lime stone, slate, mortar etc. - These materials become pitted and weakened mechanically.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the formation of acid rain due to:
Oxides of sulphur
Give the impact of acid rain: On plants
What are the causes of acid rain?
Give the composition, causes, and effects of acid rain.
What causes acidic deposition?
Acid rainfall is involved with the (decreased, increased, normal) acidity in rivers, destroying aquatic animals.
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.
Explain the methods of preventing 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.
