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1) State 3 effects of acid rain ___________________________________________________________
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2) Name an indicator species for air quality ___________
3) Name 2 important groups of air pollutants and their sources ____________________________
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4) Which pollutant levels have increased in recent years due to vehicle exhausts?_____
5) In what year was the Clean Air Act passed? ___________
6) Why are the consequences of acid rain most serious in the forests and lakes of Sweden, Norway, Canada and Scotland?
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7) What is the effect of acid rain on the pH of rivers and lakes? _____________
8) What toxic metals are released into rivers by acid rain? __________________________
9) What is the most serious effect of these metals? ___________________________
10) Which fish (age of) are worst affected? _____________________
11) How are the adult fish harmed? ________________________________________________________
12) What other species disappear? _________________________________________________________
13) In the absence of competition, what 'type' of organisms may thrive? 'acid ___________'
14) Water becomes clear in the absence of what? ___________________________________________
15) These fish are more resistant to acid rain ________
(Hint: Ian Lavender's character in Dad's Army)
16) Which form of acid rain causes damage to leaves and needles? ________
17) What happens to the rate of decomposition and nutrient release? increase/decrease
18) Why is it dangerous to graze livestock on land affected by pollution? ____________
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19) The addition of ____ helps lesson the acidification of soil via the process called ______
20) This is endangered, what is it?
1) State 3 effects of acid rain ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
2) Name an indicator species for air quality ___________
3) Name 2 important groups of air pollutants and their sources ____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
4) Which pollutant levels have increased in recent years due to vehicle exhausts?_____
5) In what year was the Clean Air Act passed? ___________
6) Why are the consequences of acid rain most serious in the forests and lakes of Sweden, Norway, Canada and Scotland?
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
7) What is the effect of acid rain on the pH of rivers and lakes? _____________
8) What toxic metals are released into rivers by acid rain? __________________________
9) What is the most serious effect of these metals? ___________________________
10) Which fish (age of) are worst affected? _____________________
11) How are the adult fish harmed? ________________________________________________________
12) What other species disappear? _________________________________________________________
13) In the absence of competition, what 'type' of organisms may thrive? 'acid ___________'
14) Water becomes clear in the absence of what? ___________________________________________
15) These fish are more resistant to acid rain ________
(Hint: Ian Lavender's character in Dad's Army)
16) Which form of acid rain causes damage to leaves and needles? ________
17) What happens to the rate of decomposition and nutrient release? increase/decrease
18) Why is it dangerous to graze livestock on land affected by pollution? ____________
__________________________________________________________________________________
19) The addition of ____ helps lesson the acidification of soil via the process called ______
20) This is endangered, what is it?