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Acid rain has an adverse or negative effect on aquatic life.

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Detailed Solution

The given statement is true.
Concept: Acid rain occurs due to pollution of the atmosphere by sulfur and carbon compounds.
Several compounds that are harmful to the atmosphere are included in our lifestyle. These include sulfur compounds and carbon compounds etc. These are taken up in the atmosphere along with water vapours. They condense together to result in the rain with acidic pH. This is called acid rain.
Acid rain causes the aquatic water pH to decrease. The optimum pH for aquatic species is altered. And it causes their deterioration. Fishes and aquatic plants are harmed.
The nitrogen contained by acid rain causes nitrogen pollution. It also causes a decrease in aquatic species population.
The aquatic system becomes rich in aluminium and other elements, which are harmful to live organisms at a certain level above. After a few years, it also comes inside the human body through the food chain. These are the consequences of acid rain.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

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