Sinkholes: The Creation Of Acid Rain

Chemistry relates to everything you could possibly think of on the planet. They relate to every object and every natural event and hazard. Such as sinkholes, there a very intimidating and scary event that could happen at any moment . Sinkholes occur when the limestone beneath us breaks away by acidic rain and eventually the ground gives creating an open hole in our earth`s surface. Chemistry can relate to chemical reactions, one of the chemical reactions that occur is the creation of acidic rain. It can also relate to sublimation after the sinkhole occur, and to the rocks in a sinkhole and what they 're made of.
One of the chemical reactions that occur that is based upon hydrogen and carbon dioxide is “H2O(l) + CO2 9(g) -> H2CO3 (aq)’’ (Brian Rohig). The outcome of this equation is acidic rain. In chemistry we use chemical equations to show how something is created. In this case the …show more content…
It shows that water (H2O) is combining with carbon-dioxide (CO2 9) to create acidic rainwater (H2CO3). Without acidic rainwater, sinkholes would have never occurred. “Sinkholes occur when acidic rainwater has eaten away much of the underlying limestone bedrock beneath the soil that the ground collapses” (Brian Rohig). This shows that acidic rainwater is a necessity to creating sinkholes.The acidic rainwater falls from the atmosphere above and absorbed into the ground eventually reaching the limestone beneath the soil. In some places around the world there’s limestone beneath the earth 's surface and if acidic rainwater gets to the limestone there may be a higher chance of a sinkhole. And eventually the ground above the broken down limestone will collapse. For example, Florida is known