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Acid rain is something we hear about in the news all the time and is a term used to describe several ways that acid falls out of the atmosphere. Actually, a more accurate term for this fallout would be "acid deposition." Everything in nature has a certain amount of acidity, but too much acidity is harmful to our ecosystem as well as our own health. In this paper I' m going to discuss what acid rain is, and its effect on our lakes, streams, air, human health, and what we can do to reduce acid rain in our ecosystem.
When a chemical in the air turns into a gas and evaporates, they mix with water vapor and cause acid rain. This rain is more acidic than normal because it contains sulfuric and nitric acid from the burning of coal and oil. It's very harmful to the environment because it damages everything and makes living things in the environment die.
Acid rain has two parts: wet and dry. In areas around the world where the weather is usually moist, wet deposition occurs. Wet......

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