Acid Rain Investigation

Dear MST-7 Scientists,
Please read this article to read about how pollution in China can affect the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/pip.coal.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Second, this week we will investigate how we can reduce the volume of acid rain that enters our soil.

Today’s objective will be to define acid rain and figure out how it’s produced. You will answer the following questions:
· What is acid rain?
· What chemicals make rain acidic, and how does it happen?
· Can you find a chemical equation that shows how acid rain is created?
· Where do these chemicals come from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_rain
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/index.html

Good luck scientists!
VKV