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Acid Rain Webquest Assignment

December 7/8th 2020

Learning Objectives:
 Understand what acid rain is and its causes
 Describe several effects on our environment that are caused by acid rain
 Explain prevention methods that are in place for acid rain

Go to https://www3.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatisacid.html. Each tab on the

side has a different type of information about acid rain. Click through each tab as you work
through the problems.

Section One: What is Acid Rain?

1. Define acid rain.

2. What is wet deposit? What is dry deposit?

3. Define acidity.

4. What number is the most acidic on the pH scale? What number is the most
alkaline (basic)?

Section Two: What Causes Acid Rain

1. What are the two compounds that are released into the air and combine with
water and oxygen to make acid rain?

2. Human activity is the main cause of acid rain as a result of burning what?

3. What is the natural pH of rain?

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4. What are the things that naturally neutralize the rain? What does it mean to
neutralize an acid?

Section Three: Why is Acid Rain Harmful?

1. What types of health problems does acid rain cause in humans?

2. How does acid rain harm forests?

3. How does acid rain damage lakes and streams?

4. How does acid rain damage buildings and objects?

Section Four: What is Being Done?

1. What is the EPA’s Acid Rain Program?

2. What part of coal do scientists need to reduce and how are they reducing it?

3. What other sources of energy can we use to reduce acid rain?

4. How does using “cleaner cars” help reduce acid rain?

Section Five: What Can You Do:

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1. List 3 ways you can conserve energy.

2. List 2 ways you can minimize the amount of distance your car drives.

Video Assignment:
Watch the following video: https://www.britannica.com/video/22205/acid-rain-damage-
Cologne-Cathedral
State 3 things you have learned about the effects of acid rain on buildings.

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