Question

"ancient monuments get damaged due to acid rain every year". with regard to the statement​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ancient monuments are getting damaged every year due to acid rain. Acid rain contains harmful gases such as Sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide which corrodes the monuments, bridges etc.

Such a example is London Bridge, The taj Mahal etc.

Answer 2

Acid rain contains harmful acids like nitrous acid which damages the monuments. It corrodes the upper layers of monuments made of marble.

Acid rain gets acidic when oxides combine with raindrops to form harmful acids like -

• Carbon dioxide forms carbonic acid in the air
• Sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere forms sulphuric acid
• Nitrogen dioxide forms nitric acid

The complete question is, do Ancient monuments get damaged due to acid rain every year? With regard to this statement explain the reasons.