Yucky Lab Activities Privacy Policy Rain and wet weather don't always mean good news for plants, especially in an area hit by acid rain.
Acid rain is caused by the burning of fuels such as oil and coal.
Rain then washes these acids out of the atmosphere and down onto Earth, harming forests and lakes. The stem should poke through between the two pieces of plastic. Pour one liter of distilled water into a clean 2-liter soda bottle. Ask your science teacher to help you add a drop of nitric acid or sulfuric acid to the distilled water. Swirl the water in the bottle to mix.