Acid rain Acid rain is caused by the burning of fossil fuels Burning oil, gas and coal in Acid Rain Formation power stations releases Sulfuric Dioxide(SO2) into Acid the atmosphere Burning oil and gasoline in motor vehicles puts nitrogen 50 oxides(NOx) into the atmosphere These gases mix with water droplets in the atmosphere 田田田 creating weak solutions of nitric and sulfuric acids When precipitation occurs these solutions fall as acid rainAcid rain ▪ Acid rain is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. ▪ Burning oil, gas and coal in power stations releases Sulfuric Dioxide (SO2 ) into the atmosphere. ▪ Burning oil and gasoline in motor vehicles puts nitrogen oxides (NOX) into the atmosphere. ▪ These gases mix with water droplets in the atmosphere creating weak solutions of nitric and sulfuric acids. ▪ When precipitation occurs these solutions fall as acid rain