Acid_Rain

Acid Rain “What is Acid Rain'” You hear about it all the time in the news and it is very important to the earth’s ecosystem. In simple terms, acid rain is rain that is more acidic than normal. All objects in nature have a certain level of acidity but acid rain has too much acid in it. Acid rain is a complicated problem, caused by air pollution. Acid rain's spread and damage involves weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants and animals on the land and from acid rain in the water. Acidity is measured using a pH scale, with the number 7 being neutral. Therefore, a body with a pH value of less than 7 is acidic. On the other hand, a value greater than 7 is basic. The pH of 5.6 has been used as the baseline in identifying acid rain. Any precipitation that has a pH value of less than 5.6 is considered to be acid precipitation. Readings of pH 2.4--as acidic as vinegar--were recorded during storms in New England. During one particularly acid summer storm, rain falling on a lime-green automobile leached away the yellow in the green paint, leaving blue raindrop shaped spots on the car. Scientists have found that pollution in the air from the rain, acid, fish, water, ph, acidic, problem, air, lakes, forms, new, life, chemicals, animals, affect, , sulfuric, sulfur, precipitation, particles, oxygen, one, natural, earth, dioxide, affects, acids, acidity, ways, very, time, through, snow, oxides, off, nitrogen, make, levels, level, less, land, known, help, form, fog, eat, dry, die, clouds, clean, because