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Daniel Ellis 10TYL\10C1 GCSE Coursework: Acid Rain Experiment Background: Burning fossil fuels makes acid rain. Most fossil fuels contain sulphur as an impurity. When we burn the fuel, the sulphur is oxidised. It turns into sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas. Power stations burning coal or oil give off most sulphur dioxide. This is the main cause of acid rain. The gas dissolves in rainwater, and reacts with oxygen in the air, to form sulphuric acid. Here are the following effects of acid rain on: 1. FORESTS - Trees are damaged and even killed. Over half the forests in Germany are dead or dying. 2. FISH - Hundreds of lakes in Norway and Sweden now have no fish left in them at all. Aluminium, which is normally "locked" in the soil, dissolves in acid rain. It then gets washed into the lakes, where it poisons the fish. 3. BUILDING - Acid rain attacks...

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