How acid rain is so harmful to animals and plants is that most living creatures need water to live but acid rain is pollution and if that gets in a plants, or animals water supply they either drink...
An acid rain is just like a mist. Theres not much effect on the animal.Its often that people make there questions sound scientifically reasonable. but if you think hard about them you can solve them.
The burning of coal, oil, or gasoline releases a colorless poisonous gas called sulfur dioxide. This gas poisons organisms that breathe it. Sulfur dioxide in the air also makes rainwater more acidic....