What causes acid rain?

Question

a. burning coal
b. storing batteries
c. air conditioners
d. automobiles

Answer 1

a) burning coal causes acid rain. - It's the ONLY answer.

Answer 2

Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides dissolve very easily in water and can be carried very far by the wind. As a result, the two compounds can travel long distances where they become part of the rain, sleet, snow, and fog that we experience on certain days.

Human activities are the main cause of acid rain. Over the past few decades, humans have released so many different chemicals into the air that they have changed the mix of gases in the atmosphere. Power plants release the majority of sulfur dioxide and much of the nitrogen oxides when they burn fossil fuels, such as coal, to produce electricity. In addition, the exhaust from cars, trucks, and buses releases nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide into the air. These pollutants cause acid rain.

Answer 3

Acid rain is caused when acid products get into the air and the rain cleans them from the air. This can be C)2 from burning most any fuel, although it is a greater problem when the fuel is contaminated with sulfur. Burning sulfur gives SO2 which when mixing with rain first make H2SO3 and then H2SO4. Some plants also give off HCL in their emission gasses.
Internal combustion engines produce nitrogen oxides which also can make an acid with rain, H2NO3. CO and CO2 are also produced. Other contaminants are produced depending on the gasoline additives..

Storing batteries should not cause a problem, providing that they do not leak.
Air conditioners do not cause an acid rain problem, but if the freon leaks, it effects the ozone layer.

Answer 4

i'm in Malaysia besides, it is especially impossible for it to take place, the nuke plant is lots from Malaysia and in Japan and radioactive radiation does not reason acid rain. on the different hand in the international have been living in we are dealing with a techniques worse air pollutive supplies on a each day foundation than radioactive. So till that's shown via government on nationwide television or yet another expert enterprise forget approximately approximately various those ridiculous messages, some people in simple terms savour making a foul project worse via scaring the hell out of persons.

Answer 5

Mostly burning carbon fuels and releasing them at high atmospheric levels. The smoke stacks that exhaust residue from burned coal are by far the main culprit.

The other 3 also contribute, but not nearly as much as coal

Answer 6

Any fossil fuel that is burned...coal, natural gas, oil, gasoline, etc.

The byproducts of a combustion reaction are typically CO2, H2O, CO, and sometimes HCO- or CO3--. When these latter two products combine with rain (i.e. water) it creates the acidic nature in the rain.

Answer 7

a. burning coal if you have to pick one. d)automobiles are a contributing factor so that would be my second choice. If you have to pick one go for a. burning coal

Answer 8

its burning coal, a

i'm confident because it was in my bio textbook. it releases sulfuric smoke

Answer 9

a. is the better answer though d also contributes some.

Answer 10

d. automobiles and a.automobiles