1	Acid Rain By Jenna L, Sophia G, Monica H, and Alice L
2	What is Acid Rain? Acid rain is rain, snow, or fog polluted by the atmosphere. It is mainly caused by sulfur and nitrogen dissolved in rain, snow, or fog. It is known as acid decomposition formed from combustion of fossil fuels. Acid rain is made up of harmful chemicals. It is rain, snow, or fog that is more acidic than normal.
3	Why is Acid Rain a Misleading Term? It looks like anything else, so you don’t know when it’s coming, and since it has harmful effects, that is bad. For example, acid rain looks like regular rain. Acid burns through many things, and acid rain does not. Good rain is only slightly acidic, and acid rain is very acidic.
4	What Two Elements Are Responsible For Acid Rain? The two elements that are responsible for acid rain are sulfur and nitrogen in gas form: SO₂and NO₂. Sulfur dioxide is usually released from fossil fuels, though it can come from natural sources. Nitrogen oxide comes from automobile exhaust.
5	What Things That Humans Do Cause Acid Rain? Human activities that produce the elements that cause acid rain include: making electric power at power stations (an energy plant), burning fossil fuels, using vehicles, and setting up many factories that will produce the two elements. In fact, as much as 70% of the pollution is caused by power stations!
6	What Effects Does Acid Rain Have On Humans? Acid rain is harmful to humans because it can increase their breathing problems, give them dry coughs, nose, eye, and throat inflammations, and different diseases. It can wash away nutrients in food grains that people should have. It destroys trees that give oxygen and other types of plants that are good for humans.
7	What Effect Does Acid Rain Have on Plants and Animals? When exposed to acid rain, leaves and roots die. When roots die they can’t collect nutrients. Acid rain stops photosynthesis which produces the greenery in plants. Acid rain also washes away the top soil, important minerals, damages protective layers on leaves, harms trees at high elevation, and upsets the life cycle of aquatic life.
8	What Effects Does Acid Rain Have On Buildings? Acid rain causes rust on buildings, and it corrodes metals. It eats away at paint, stone buildings, and pipes. Acid rain eats away at almost anything exposed to it long enough. Acid rain especially causes trouble for pipes, as it corrodes or eats away at the lead and copper in the pipes.
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