Question

What is wet and dry acid rain?

Answer 1

Answer:

Acid rain is a type of acid deposition, which can appear in many forms. Wet deposition is rain, sleet, snow, or fog that has become more acidic than normal. Dry deposition is another form of acid deposition, and this is when gases and dust particles become acidic.

Answer 2

✤ $\sf\underline\red{ Wet \: acid \: rain \: :- }$

• Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide undergo chemical reactions and they hold on to water vapour in the atmosphere which shower as wet acid rains.

❀ $\sf\underline\green{ Dry \: acid \: rain \: :- }$

• If sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide undergo chemical reactions and hold on to the dust particles, they convert themselves into nitrates and sulphur. These dust particles eventually to settle down on the earth and mix with the soil which fall as dry acid rains.