Which of the Following Statements About Acid Precipitation Is False

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about acid precipitation is false?

• A) Acids that enter the atmosphere primarily affect ecosystems located less than 100 kilometers from the source of the pollution.
• B) Though lakes are very sensitive to acidification, their pH can return rapidly to normal values.
• C) Regulation of emission sources has raised the pH of precipitation in many parts of the eastern United States in the last two decades.
• D) Sulfuric acid and nitric acid from the burning of fossil fuels are the major causes of acid precipitation.
• E) Organisms lost from freshwater ecosystems because of acidification may not return even decades after pH values have returned to normal.