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| acid deposition definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the return to earth as rain or snow of the sulfate or nitrate salts of acids produced by commercial and industrial activities. | 11 sets | |
| 2 | precipitation with a ph less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor. | 11 sets | |
| 3 | precipitation with a ph less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor | 7 sets | |
| 4 | caused by sulfuric and nitric acids resulting in lowered ph of surface waters | 6 sets | |
| 5 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid-and return to earth's surface | 5 sets | |
| 6 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid-and return to earth’s surface | 4 sets | |
| 7 | precipitatation with a ph less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor | 3 sets | |
| 8 | precipation with low ph (acid rain) | 3 sets | |
| 9 | precipitation with a ph less then 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor | 2 sets | |
| 10 | acid rain | 2 sets | |
| 11 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-where they com¬bine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid-and return to earth's surface | 2 sets | |
| 12 | the return to earth as rain or snow of the sulfate or nitrate salts of acids produced by commercial and industrial activities | 1 set | |
| 13 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere, combine with other items, and return to earth. | 1 set | |
| 14 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-- where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid--and return to eart's surface | 1 set | |
| 15 | precipitaion | 1 set | |
| 16 | precipitation with a ph less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere | 1 set | |
| 17 | wet or dry airborne acids that fall to the earth | 1 set | |
| 18 | preciptitation with a ph less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor. | 1 set | |
| 19 | when tiny droplets of sulfuric acid and nitric acid form and return to earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 20 | sulfer oxides and nitrogen oxides, emmited by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere, where they combine with oxygen and water | 1 set | |
| 21 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere - where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid - and return to earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 22 | sulfur and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid and then return to the earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 23 | precipitation with a ph less than 5.6 | 1 set | |
| 24 | pollutant created when nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide mix with water to form dilute nitric acid and sulfuric acid. | 1 set | |
| 25 | example would be acid rain. | 1 set | |
| 26 | deposition of wet,acidic solutions or dry,acidic particles from the air | 1 set | |
| 27 | air pollution, acid falls from the atmosphere to earth as precipitation or dry acidic particles | 1 set | |
| 28 | from industry and cars | 1 set | |
| 29 | deposition of acid or acid forming pollutants from the atmosphere onto earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 30 | precipitation w/ a ph less than 5.6 that forms in the atomsphere when certian polluntants mix w/ water vapor | 1 set | |
| 31 | falling of acids and acidforming compounds from teh atmosphere to the earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 32 | caused by sulferic and nitric acids resulting in lowered ph of surface waters | 1 set | |
| 33 | wet or dry pollution | 1 set | |
| 34 | wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground | 1 set | |
| 35 | caused by sulfric and nitric acids resulting in lowered ph of surface waters | 1 set | |
| 36 | precipitation with a ph of less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor | 1 set | |
| 37 | sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid and return to earth's surface. | 1 set | |
| 38 | the term ____ ______ refers to acid rain, including snow, sleet, fog etc. | 1 set | |
| 39 | another word for acid rain | 1 set | |
| 40 | the same thing as acid rain | 1 set | |