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limestone lakes and granite beds?

explain why lakes with a limestone or calcium carbonate bedding have less adverse effects from acid rain than lakes with granite beds

Answer:

Limestone reacts with acid to form a Calcium salt, water and CO2. This reaction consumes H+, the ion that gives acid it's properties, and can neutralise acid. As a result, much more acid is needed to change the pH of a lake with a limestone bed than one without, such as a granite bed.

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