skip to main content
Objectives
Click here for student and other user information Click here for teacher information Click to print a copy of this page Click here for help on using these materials

Students should learn:

 

  • that the atmosphere contains carbon dioxide from natural sources and the burning of fossil fuels, and this gas can dissolve in rainwater, causing it to be weakly acidic

 

  • that dissolved oxides of sulphur increase the acidity of rain

 

  • that oxides of sulphur in the air can arise from human activity and geological activity

 

 

 

 

 
Click to return to the first page of this session Click to go to the menu Click for the keywords related to this material   Click to go back to the previous screen Click to go on to the next screen

Customer support: site / email | ©2000-2013 DB Education Services Ltd | about us | terms & conditions
DB requires modern browsers with JavaScript enabled. Some areas are enhanced with Flash
v2.9 14 served by web03 at Fri May 24 23:02:15 BST 2013