| A | B |
|---|
| NOx | Nitrogen Oxides are acid rain causing pollutants that come from the burning of fossil fuels and natural sources such as volcanoes. |
| Acid Rain | Refers to "unnaturally" acid rain which has a pH lower than 5.6. |
| SOx | Sulfur Dioxides are acid rain causing pollutants that come from the burning of fossil fuels and natural sources such as volcanoes. |
| pH | A scale used to measure acidity or alkalinity. |
| Acidic | Having a pH of less than 7. |
| Basic aka Alkaline | Having a pH greater than 7. |
| Neutral | Having a pH of 7. |
| Buffering Capacity | The ability of things like soil to resist changes in pH. |
| Acid Clouds | In mountains like the Appalachians are like a fog which directly damages trees. |
| Corrosion | How acid dissolves away rock, paint, and metal. |
| Clean Coal Technologies | Using "wet scrubbers", low sulfur coal, and other strategies to reduce pollution from power plants that use coal to make electricity. |
| Catalytic Converters | Part of a car that reduces pollution. |
| The Clean Air Act | The law that involve the government in regulating pollution to keep air clean. |
| The Acid Rain Program ACP | Part of the clean air act that tries to reduce SOx and NOx. |
