acid rain Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants‚ aquatic animals‚ and infrastructure. Acid rain is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. In recent years‚ many governments have introduced laws to reduce these emissions. Emissions from volcanoes and those from biological processes that occur on the land‚ in wetlands‚ and in the oceans account for the
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Acid rain is any type of precipitation that has high acid content. This precipitation can be wet (rain‚ snow‚ or fog) or dry (gases or acidic salts). Normal rain is slightly acidic with pH 6.5 but we call it acid rain when it is pH is between 2 and 5.5. It is formed by chemicals created by the burning of fossil fuels‚ power plants‚ factories and auto mobiles. These chemicals are sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide. Sulphur dioxide and nitric oxide react with water in the atmosphere and eventually fall
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Acid rain is a very big pollution problem in the world. It has killed fish and other aquatic life in many lakes and streams. It harms human health‚ disfigures monuments and erodes buildings‚ and‚ along with other pollutants‚ threatens forests. The story of acid rain can be compared to the plot of a science fiction movie. In the 1950s an invisible force begins to destroy lakes and rivers‚ killing trout and salmon. By the 1960s it is harming the waters of eastern Canada and the northeastern United
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FACULTY : LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM : TESL PROGRAM CODE : AT 06 SEMESTER : 3 SESSION : 2012/2013 COURSE : LITERARY CRITICISM COURSE CODE : BIS 3023 GROUP : B ASSIGNMENT : CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON HENDERSON THE RAIN KING LECTURER : MR. SEVA BALA SUNDARAM A/L A.M MARIAPPAN For this novel‚ I will be critically analyzing it using two theories‚ namely the “Formalist Criticism” (which is also known as “New Criticism”) and “Reader-Response Criticism”. The reason
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Acid rain is a type of precipitation that is characterised by containing contaminating substances such as sulphuric and nitric acid‚ both of which have harmful effects on the environment. Both marble and limestone are extremely vulnerable to the damages done by acid rain due to their components. These materials contain calcite‚ a substance that easily reacts and dissolves with acid. Acid rain is the cause of the destruction of many statues‚ buildings‚ and monuments (Howard Perlman). Acid rain is
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Acid Rain Lab Acid rain is causing problems throughout the world. Acid rain is precipitation that has been combined with gases in the atmosphere‚ causing it to be slightly more acidic than normal rain. Acid rain has a PH level of about 5.0 compared to that of pure water’s 7.0. Acid rain is caused uniquely by human from such harmful wastes as the burning of fossil fuels. This type of rain is carried throughout the atmosphere‚ for hundreds of miles‚ harming countryside. The real question is whether
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING AND PHRASES FOR COMPOSITION 1. Describing Weather 2.1 Rain/Wind/Thunder/Night 1. It was a cold grey afternoon with a dull sky threatening rain. 2. Thunder came marching from far away with increasing speed. 3. Lightning and thunder raged with fury. 4. Thunder roared and lightning flashed across the sky. 5. Rain pelted down heavily from the sky. 6. The rain was pounding down from the black sky. 7. Dark clouds loomed above (rain clouds covered
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As I sat on my steps in the front of my house‚ I could not help but notice how much it had felt like fall. You could smell the rain from the day before from Hurricane Isaac that had finally stopped after raining for a whole day straight. In addition‚ you could see the leafs changing to its beautiful red‚ orange and yellow colors and falling off the trees which of course were mostly landing on my car. While I was sitting there in the perfectly shaded area‚ I was reminded of how much fun being a kid
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BIODATA H D CARBERRY Hugh Doston (“Dossie”) Carberry was born July 12‚ 1921‚ the son of sir John Carberry‚ a former Chief Justice of Jamaica‚ and Lady Georgina Carberry‚ in Montreal‚ Canada. He came to Jamaica in infancy and spent most of his life there. He had his primary education at Decarteret school in Mandeville‚ Jamaica and then attended Jamaica College. After working with the Civil Service‚ to which he qualified as second out of over 100 applicants‚ Carberry went to St. Catherrine College
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cigarette with his lighter. It started to rain even harder‚ Jimmy stands in the rain‚ cursed and cursed over the weather‚ his cigarettes‚ people in this town‚ their umbrella and everything he could think of in his mind‚ after standing in the rain for nearly 20 minutes‚ the stubborn old man is still trying to light his soaking wet Marlboro. Yes‚ maybe he is simply not smart enough to realize that it is raining. “ Old man‚ cigs ain’t never getting lighted in the rain. Going inside might do you a big favor
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