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a compound that releases hydrogen ions, H+, in aqueous solution
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compound that produces hydroxide ions, OH_, in aqueous solution
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chemical reaction in which the hydrogen ions from an acid combine with the hydroxide ions from a base to form molecules of water
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a solution that is neither acidic nor basic; that is, one that has equal concentrations of H+ and OH-
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a number, usually between 0 and 14, that indicates the acidity of a solution
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rain that is more acidic than "normal" rain and that has a lower pH
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deposition of either wet forms or dry forms such as rain, snow, fog, and cloud-like suspensions of microscopic water droplets often more acidic and damaging than acid rain
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literally "an acid without water"
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iron coated with zinc
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describes a substance that readily absorbs water from the atmosphere and retains it
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bacteria that remove nitrogen from the air and convert it to ammonia
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process of converting ammonia, typically in soil, to nitrate ions
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process of converting nitrate ions, typically in soil, to nitrogen gas
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set of chemical pathways whereby nitrogen moves through the biosphere
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capacity of a lake or other body of water to resist a decrease in pH
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process by which an area is overloaded with "nitrogen"; that is, when the reactive forms of nitrogen entering an ecosystem exceed the system's capacity to absorb the nitrogen
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