The Effect of Acid Rain on Plant Growth

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Acid Rain is a leading cause to deforestation and other harmful effects to the environment. Acid Rain is produced when coal, oil and gas are burned; they generate sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide and nitrous dioxide that rise into the atmosphere. The oxides then go through chemical reactions and the end result is acid rain or simply a lower pH level then normal or naturally. The lowest recorded pH level in the base of clouds in …

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…if the plants are healthy and a clear way of differentiating between each of the plants. All the plants can be compared to the original sample or group one which is under normal growing conditions. The data will be presented in a data table and/or graph. Sources http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaa05.html http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/acid http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/effects/forests.html#plants