Explain how the use of fossil fuels can cause lakes and ponds to become more acidic.

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Explanation:

Fossil fuels which are made up of coal and oil when burnt by power-production industries, make sulfur to be released into the atmosphere where it combines with oxygen to form SO2 (sulfur Dioxide). Now, the exhausts possessed by cars could also cause the formation of nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere. Therefore, H2SO4 which is airborne sulfuric acid and HNO3 which is nitric acid can be formed and when dissolved in the water vapor in the atmosphere form what is called acid rain.

Now, as acid rain flows through the soil, it can leach aluminum from the soil clay particles and then flow into the lakes to make them more acidic.

vanderwaal's forces of attraction are the electrostatic intermolecular forces that exist in a molecule due to the temporary or permanent dipoles that are developed in a molecule. in , the major intermolecular forces are dipole-dipole interactions as the molecule is polar (bent structure). so the vanderwaal's forces of interaction in between molecules are the permanent dipole-dipole interactions that develop due to the dipole that exists in between the polar h - s bond. the positively charged hydrogen atom is attracted towards the negative end of the dipole that is sulfur of the adjacent molecule. therefore, these forces of attraction are relatively stronger than that of london dispersion forces that exist in non polar molecules.

the enthalpy of formation of water is given as -285.8kj/mol, which states that the enthalpy of formation is negative.

negative enthalpy of formation indicates that the heat is released during the reaction process. the heat is released from reaction to the surroundings the enthalpy is expressed with a negative sign with the energy given out in the reaction process.

the formation of water takes place by giving out heat which is -285.8 kj/mol.