Chemistry
Answer
Acid rain affects soil chemistry. It removes calcium and potassium, both the basic ingredients of soil, thus making it lose its fertility.
Acid rain has serious ecological impacts as it affects water bodies too. The water of lakes and rivers is gradually becoming acidic due to acid rain, which is affecting aquatic life.
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Part of the periodic table is shown as :
H He Li Be B C N O F Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Based on the above table, name the :
(i) Element with duplet
(ii) Lightest alkali metal
(iii) Halogen of period 2
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Name the first three halogens. Give their physical state and colour.
A heavy crystalline white solid on heating in a test tube crumbles with a crackling sound and gives a reddish brown residue which changes to yellow and partly fuses with the glass and stains it yellow. A brown gas is also evolved. A glowing wooden splinter relights when held near the products evolved.
(i) Name the brown gas evolved.
(ii) What is the residue left in the test tube?
(iii) Write the formula of the crystalline white solid.