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Acid rain is a major problem in the world today. Acid rain negatively effects thing such as: Forrest's, soil, freshwater/aquatic life-forms, and other life forms. Soil is severely effected by acid rain, microbes in soil are unable to tolerate changes in low pH's and are killed. The enzymes in the microbes change in shape due to the acid rain and no longer function properly. Forrest's are adversely effected by acid rain because when it rains and the rain is highly acidic the plant can absorb the rain. Another way it is effected is by the nutrients in the soil are killed off and the plants cannot absorb those nutrients it needs to love. It effects aquatic life by changing the pH and aluminum levels in water. At pH's lower than 5 fish eggs will not hatch and the lower pH can also be harmful to older fish. Sometimes fatal! Effects that it has on other life forms such as humans is that when the acid rain evaporates we breath in the acidic gas which can produce cancer. Another way this can happen is by fine particles that can cause cancer and other pre-mature deaths. Those are some of the reason why acid rain is such a major problem in the world today.
Many people believe that acid rain is cause by the pollution from factories and cars, but there is more to it than that. Some of the chemicals incorporated in pollution are: hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, and particulates. Hydrocarbons are made up of burned or partially burned fuels that comes mostlly from vehicles. Carbon monoxide is cause by incomplete cumbustion, and lowers the bloods ability to carry oxygen. Nitrogen oxides are generated when nitrogen in the air reacts with oxygen at the high temperature and pressure inside the engine. mostly comes from jumbo vehicles or delivery trucks. sulphur oxides are emitted from motor vehicles burning fuel containing a high concentration of sulphur. Particulates is soot or smoke made up of particles in the micrometre size range, Particulate matter causes respiratory health effects in humans and animals. These are some of the pollutants that can cause acid rain.
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#9 Job well done. You gave good example for how it affects fishand humans. What other pollutants can caused acid rain? What are some ways we can reduce the amount of acid rain cause or how can we prevant it from forming? What is a jumbo vechicle?lastly, would this affect my garden and how would it affect it?
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