AP Environmental Science: Alternative Assignment 6.03- Acid Rain

• Describe how acid deposition occurs.
• Describe the process of acid deposition from source on the ground to chemical process in the atmosphere to deposition on Earth’s surface
• What are the environmental and architectural effects of acid deposition?
• How does decreased pH levels in lakes, rivers, or other bodies of water affect animal/plant life?
• How does an increase in concentrations of metals, such as aluminum affect animal/plant life?
• How does an increase in levels of sulfates and nitrates affect the environment?
• How do changes in the development or population size of “indicator organisms,” usually those at the bottom of a food chain, say about the health/status of an ecosystem?
• Provide two examples of the formation of acid deposition from anthropogenic sources
• Provide 2 examples by which the environment has suffered damage from acid deposition.