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  1)  What is a buffer?
 
 
 

  2)  Where in the United States might you find bedrocks which may buffer acid rain?
 
 
 
 
 

  3)  What did you learn about the effect of acid rain on seed germination?
 
 
 
 
 

  4)  How would the decreased growth of plants in response to acid rain affect animals in the
 same environment?
 
 
 
 
 

  5)  What is the effect of acid rain on the survival of daphnia?
 
 
 
 
 
 

  6)  Consider the food chain described in this lab.  How would acid rain affect fish and
 humans in this food chain?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  7)  What is the influence of eutrophication on algal growth?
 
 
 
 
 

  8)  How might you reverse the effects of eutrophication?
 
 
 
 
 

  9)  Can eutrophication ever be beneficial?  If so, when?