what are the effects of acid rain on plant and animal life ?

Question

Fuels such as coals and petrolium often contains impurities such as Sulfur. When burned this fuels produce Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide. When release into air, this oxides combine with to water to form acids. These acid may fall to earth as acid rain.

Answer 1

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Hi I'm back as promised - Acid rain can cause serious damage. It kills trees and destroys many wildlife habitats. Areas of forest in eastern North America, central Europe and parts of Asia are dying because rain. When acid rain falls into lakes and rivers, it harms the fish, plants and other freshwater life.

Wetland species of birds such as the Japaneses crane and the whooping crane are thretened by acid rain as it destroys their habitat.This couldmake them extinct.

In cities, acid rain can even attack the stonework of buildings, an example of this is the Taj Mahal in India which is made of marble - It's starting to turn yellow because of the acid rain.

Answer 2

Acid rain destroys the plants. when the plants are destroyed, the herbivores will loose their source of food. i.e there will be a shortage of food. These animals could die if the level of pollution is very high. Once the herbivores die, the carnivores and omnivores will experience a shortage in their food chain. This disrupts the whole ecosystem.

Apart from that, animals might loose their shelter. They will then have to move to another habitat in order to get proper shelter. Animals that live in water such as rivers and lakes also experience bad effects from acid rain. The rivers and lakes would also end up being acidic due to the acid rain. This causes aquatic plants to be destroyed as well. Thus causing the amount of oxygen in the water to be reduced. Aquatic animals might find it difficult to survive in the water.

Answer 3

For animal life, for example fish, acid rain lowers the pH of the water. Most fish can't live in water with a pH lower than 4.5

Answer 4

Deforestation of plant life, and leads to the Death of animal life.

Answer 5

IT DEPENDS ON THE EXACT PH OF SAID ACID RAIN AND ALSO
THE AMOUNT OF SAID RAINFALL

Answer 6

It has harmful effect on long run to human race also !

Answer 7

plant n animal will die, even if they dun, their livin environment is demaged so they will die, n if their livin environment is demaged, their food supply is gone, so they will die, n if thers no food supply, their family n frds will die, so they ALL DIE