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