Acid Rain Big Ideas:
1. Acid rain is caused when factories burn fossil fuel or cars release exhaust into the air.
2. Pollution in the air combines with H20 to form sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides.
3. Acid rain can exaggerate the following breathing ailments in humans: asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia
4. Acid rain destroys nutrients inside of soil so plants cannot grow.
5. If the ph of the lake gets to low (acidic) the animals and plants in it will die. A healthy lake has a pH of 6.5-7
pH Scale Big Ideas:
1. The pH scale goes from 0-14
2. Acids have a pH from 0-6.9.
3. Bases have a pH form 7.1-14
4. Pure water has a neutral pH of 7. It is neither an acid nor a base.
5. When acids and bases mix they go through the process neutralization. They will try to get to a pH of 7.
6. Know this chart below really well.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
STRONG ACID ---------------------------------WEAK ACID WEAK BASE---------------------------------STRONG BASE