Acid Rain

An example of a negative effect of industrialisation

Is industrialisation bad for the

Environment? Industry can bring many benefits to a region. It provides people with jobs and can improve transport links.However, industry can also cause pollution. Acid rain is one

example.

Q. Analyse the diagram below and explain how acid rain is formed.

Acid Rain

Acid rain is formed when sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are released into the atmosphere from cars and factories.

The gases combine with the water vapour in the atmosphere and fall as acid rain.

Acid rain can form in one region, but can be blown by the wind to another region.

Acid Rain

Think Time!

What problems might acid rain cause?

Take a minute to think about this

What problems can acid rain cause?

It washes nutrients from the soil.

This is called LEACHING

This causes trees to die. It also stops crops from growing meaning farmers have to use more fertilizer.

It wipes out fish stocks in lakes as fish cannot reproduce if the water in the lake is too acidic.

It affects the water quality which can be bad for our health.

It damages old buildings by wearing away the rock.

Think Time!

Can you think of any things we could do to reduce the problem of acid rain?

What can we do to solve the problem?We have to reduce the amount of pollution going into the

atmosphere. We need to do the following things.

Use our cars less. Drive slower on the motorway. Use bicycles or public transport to travel to work.

Use more renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power.

Use natural gas instead of coal in power stations because it is a cleaner fuel.

Use filters on coal and oil power stations to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions.

Build more nuclear power stations. (Although these cause other environmental problems).