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how is sulfur released with nature
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when volcanoes erupt
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how is sulfur released with microbes
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as a by product of metabolism
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how is sulfur dioxide introduced into the atmosphere
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by burning fossil fuels
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what is the abbr. for sulfur dioxide
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(SO2)
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what happens when SO2 is introduced into the air sulfur dioxide
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gas dissolves in the water in the atmosphere
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what does SO2 convert to when SO2 is introduced into the air sulfur dioxide
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sulfuric acid
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what is the abbr for sulfuric acid
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H2so4
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after H2SO4 is released in the atmosphere, what happens next
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it is dissolved in the rain and washed back down into the land
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what happens if the rain has too much sulfuric acid h2so4
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it turns into acid rain and damages the organisms in the soil
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what happens to normal sulfuric acid that drops into the earth
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it is cycled through organisms
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what is required by all organisms and why
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sulfur because it is the component of acids cysteine and methionine
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what eventually happens to sulfur
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it falls to the bottom of the ocean
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what brings sulfur back up to the the earths surface
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geological activity
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what amino acids is sulfur found in 2
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methionine, cysteine
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which microbes break down sulfur
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prokaryotes
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