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Acid Lake /65 pts Name: _______________________ [1]

1. The ________ scale is used to measure the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a solution. [1]
2. The range for acids goes from _____ to _____. [2]
3. Pure water, which is called neutral, has a pH of _____. [1]
4. The range for bases goes from _____ to _____. [2]
5. Knowing the value for water, which acid number do you think is the strongest ? _____ [2]
6. Knowing the value for water, which base number do you think is the strongest ? _____ [2]
7. What is the pH range of normal healthy lake water? ___________ [2]
8. On the screen with the healthy lake, scroll over and list the names of all the biotic factors
under the appropriate column headings. Not all will be filled in for both columns.[11]
Producers Consumers

9. On the next 2 screens where the pH is between 5.5 and 6.5 which organisms do not
survive in the lower pH?
________________________________________________________________________[5]
10. Which levels of frog development is hurt most? _______________________ [2]
11. What are copepods related to? ____________________________________________[2]
12. Why might the brook trout numbers go down?
____________________________________________________________________[4]
13. Going on to the next screen, how does the pH affect the crayfish specifically? Why is that
bad? _________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________[4]
14. Going on to the next screen, what is the pH of the water when it is even more acidic?
_____________________ [2]
15. At this pH which producer has disappeared? _____________________ [2]
16. At this pH how many fish species do you see? _____________________ Go back to the
healthy screen and count how many fish species were present. _______. How many died
off? _________[6]
17. Back on the 5.5 to 6.5 pH screen, how many insect species do you see? _____________
What is it called?_______________________[2]
18. Hit Next. What happens to the lake?__________________________________________
______________________________________________________ What is the pH now?
__________________. When you hit next , what does the factory do?________________
___________________________________ [6]
19. Hit Next. How many lakes in Canada have been hurt by acid rain? ___________________
[2]
20. How is acid rain formed? Go back to beginning if you dont remember.

_______________________________________________________________________[4]