Question

Pollution that falls out of the atmosphere that originated from a factory is nonpoint, or secondary source, pollution with the factory being the point, or primary source, of the pollution. Is acid rain a point source (primary) or nonpoint source (secondary) of pollution? What is the effect of acid rain on the environment?
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Answer 1

Acid rain is a secondary (nonpoint) form of pollution.
Factories, power plants, and cars are the primary (point) sources that emit the gases that make acid rain.
Those gases travel in the air and later fall out as acid rain.
Acid rain makes lakes and streams more acidic.
Fish and other aquatic life can die from the higher acidity.
Acid rain strips nutrients from soil and weakens trees.
It also damages buildings, monuments, and painted surfaces.
Acid rain can release toxic metals from soil and rocks into water.