By:Lea Duhaini 7C

Acid Rain is basically a mixture of wet and dry deposition from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids, it can be deadly.

Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. Sometimes they can go very high up and mix with many other substances which create an acidic solution.

If we want to try to prevent it, (or get less Acid Rain formed) what we have to do is stop polluting. We could reduce fuel emissions and factory stuff. We can also recycle packaging and stuff so we don’t have to make it go through factories.

 Acid rain is carries the chemicals Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.  Acid "rain" isn't just rain; acid snow, acid fog or mist, acid gas, and acid dust all have the same effect as acid rain.  Most acid rain problems are caused by large coal burner plants in the West.  Lakes and streams are normally acidic, but acid rain can make them so acidic that it damages animal and plant life.  Acid rain can cause a mass killing to trees.  Area's can become very hazy and foggy due to acid rain.  Acid rain (which is linked with acid air pollution)has been linked to breathing and lung problems in childeren, and people who have asthma.  Even people in exceptional health could have their lungs damaged by this acid air.  Stone buildings and monuments are targets of damage from acid rain.

Acid rain kills nature. It is caused by pollution so we can already tell that it is a very harmful substance. When you put strong acid on paper, it will probably make a hole through it, and that’s what acid rain does to leaves, trees and many other things. It also pollutes the water and kills all the fish.

Acidity of a substance is measured on the pH scale which is a scale from 1 to 14 where the lower the value is the more acidity while the higher value would make it more basic. The middle is 7 which is neutral meaning clear purified water. Acid rain is rain that has a value lower than 7 due to pollution while normal rain is exactly the number 7 which is clean and completely harmless, and that’s how you can tell, of course you can’t tell yourself, but scientists can, and you will probably hear it on the news.

Acid Rain can occur at the most random times, the problem is, you can’t tell is it’s acid or not usually, unless you get a droplet and test it using the PH Scale. Acid Rain looks the same as normal rain and tastes the same and feels the same, but the water droplets that we think are harmful can risk your life and put our world into danger, it’s like a weapon against us. We don’t want to take any risks of this, so let’s keep our world clean.

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