how is acid rain formed what are its harmful effects
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Excessive carbon dioxide, smoke and Nitrogen dioxide, when released in the atmosphere, come in contact with the water vapours present there. This results in the formation of sulphuric acid and nitric acid . These acids then fall down with rain ,making it acidic; such rain is called acid rain.
➡️Harmful effects of acid rain:-
★ Articles made of metals, and gold and silver ornaments, slowly lose their lustre when they are affected by acid rain.
★ Acid rain washes away a number of essential minerals from the soil.
★ Acid rain has an adverse effect on aquatic life ,particularly ,that in the lakes.
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Acid rain is formed when harmful compounds mainly sulphur dioxide,Carbon Dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are released into air.This the main cause of Air Pollution.The compounds react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds to form sulphuric, Carbonic
and nitric acid .They precipate as weak acid and thus called acid rain.
Harmful Effects of Acid Rain :
1) Acid Rain can kill insects and aquatic life.
2)It can affect human Heath
3) It may destroy the quality of soil
4)It creates a great impact on forest,freshwater etc
5) It harms other wildlifes also
It has many other harmful effects.
6) It destroys important metals also.
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