Earth Space Acid Rain Question?

Question

Rainwater seeping into the ground is naturally acidic enough to dissolve limestone. Acid rain caused by pollution is even more acidic. What do you think happens when acid rain seeps into the ground???




I know this is a opinion question but my teacher is really hard and she want a good answer. like i have no clue. well please help this is due 2morrow!!! EEEKKK!!!!!

Answer 1

I haven't had much experience with acid rain but i have had experience with acidic aquifers. If there is an acidic aquifer there is a much higher leaching potential in the profile. the hodrolisation of feldspar's to form kaolin is an example of how an aquifer can become acidic. The consequence of the acidification can cause iron to mobilise and re-precipitate and form ironstone/laterite. Aluminium can also become mobile and leach into waterways which is highly toxic to aquatic life. This can also make the ground water unpotable.

Answer 2

Acid rain seeping into the ground changes the characteristics of the soil. Plants and animals that live in the soil are mutually dependent, and if the soil gets too acidic, some plants or some animals [bacteria mainly] or both can be killed and the organisms that rely on them will also be killed or stunted. Additionally, acid rain often has additional pollutants, like heavy metals, that will kill trees and other plants.

Answer 3

One of the problems with acid rain is that it leaches toxic metals from the soil, which ends up going into streams and lakes. The metals are usually tightly bound to the soil particles, but in acid they are washed away. One of the metals, Aluminum, is especially toxic to fish. It invokes an immune response in fish that causes them to start producing mucus on their gills, and the fish sufficate.

There was something the acid does that affects how fungus that have mutualistic relationship with plants take up nutrients, but I can't remember. If the fungus can;t get nutrients from the soil, then the plants can't and they both suffer.

Answer 4

it desolves it at a faster rate, however i'm not quite sure that natural rain water is acidic enough to dissolve limestone. but because it is more acidic, it will dissolve it faster, and because there is more acid be able to dissolve more than just normal rain water.

Answer 5

it will dissolve limestone and other minerals that are less soluble at a faster rate that regular rain. also, the artist known formerly as prince will melt because he is made of a hard kind of limestone.