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Your task is to find out as much as you can about acid rain. You need to look at what causes acid rain and what effects it has on the environment.

Use the websites outlined below to find as much as you can about acid rain. In particular look at the causes and effects of acid rain. Present your results as a series of bullet pointed notes. Using your notes produce a poster warning of the environmental impact of acid rain.

When you look at websites you must remember that not all the information is useful. First scan the text to see if you can find anything you can understand on warm blooded animals. This will help you to read just the relevant information.

Some websites are better than others. If you do not like one then move on to another.

Also, you will come across complex technical words that you will not understand. Ignore these and look for information that you do understand.

Use these websites to find out about what causes acid rain:

Website 1 : http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/acid_rain_-_causes.html

Website 2: http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/kids/acidrain.html

Website 3: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=56832&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=0

Website 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/environment/conservationnow/global/atmosphere/page4.shtml

Website 5: http://www.climateandweather.net/world_weather/acidrain.htm

Use these websites to research the effects that acid rain have.

Effects on aquatic life

http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/195lakeeffects.html

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Watershed/4345/Acidrain.htm