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Acid Rain Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acid Precipitation | precipitation such as rain, sleet, or snow, or fog that contains a high amount of acids due to pollution |
| PH | (power of hydrogen) A measure of how acidic or basic a substance is |
| Acid shock | the sudden runoff of large amounts of highly acidic water into lakes and streams when snow melts in the spring or when heavy rains occur |
| Acidification | increase in the concentration of acid, changes the balance of a soil's chemistry |
| Canada-US Air Quality Agreement- 1991 | agreement b/w both countries to reduce acidic emissions that flow across the US/Canada boundary |
| Sulfuric Acid | sulfur oxides combine with water in the atmosphere to form sulfuric acid, a form of acid rain |
| Nitric Acid | Nitrogen oxides from pollution combine with water in the atmosphere to form nitic acid, a form of acid rain |
| Carbonic Acid | Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere combines with water in the atmosphere to form carbonic acid |
| Acid | substance with a ph lower than 7.0 |
| Base | a substance with a ph greater than 7.0 |
| Neutral | a substance with a ph of 7 |
| pH scale | each whole number on the scale indicates a ten fold change in activity |