Plants experience a vast array of conditions that can alter their growth and development, including temperature and availability of water, nutrients, and light. They are also exposed to pollutants such as acid rain formed largely as a result of burning fossil fuels and volcanic eruptions. Acid rain can strip minerals and nutrients from the soil, and eat away the outer waxy layer of tissue that protects a plant. Acid rain is still a major environmental problem in certain regions. How does acid rain affect plant growth? Based on the results presented here, predict the impact of acid rain on the vascular cambium in the two species. How would that effect be apparent in the amount of wood produced in the tree trunks?

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Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So given the following descriptions, we need to identify the option which does not include the impact of acid rain on the growth and development of plants. Remember that we're looking for the option that is incorrect and one or statements. So now we notice let me quickly remind you of two very important things about this asset brain and this acid rain impacts their critical and the cell wall of plants. This is the impact that it has directly on the plant. So now that we know this, let's go over answer choices so that we can solve the problem or our statements. Let's begin by statement one as a rain can wash out mineral nutrients from the soil. Well, this is something that happens to this acid rain is able to take out aluminum from the soil by causing soil erosion and this is very bad for the plan as a plan relies on this mineral nutrient for its growth. So this is going to be a correct statement and we're going to cancel it out because we're looking for the statement that is incorrect. Then we have a statement to as the rain destroys the cell wall and weekends the plan here we saw that as the rain definitely affects the cell walls. So we're going to cancel this out as well. Then we have statement for as the rain causes a decrease in wood formation since the cell walls of the plants are going to be affected, growth is going to be affected. So this new information will not happen as quickly as plans that are not affected by this acid rain. And we're going to cancel as well because it's a correct statement. Finally, we have same in three acid rain causes stone cancer. Stone cancer is exactly what it is. It's a type of erosion that happens on stones. So usually affects things like monuments or things like that that are made out of stones. So this is not at all related to plants and we're going to make that or only correct answer choice because it is the only answer choice that does not include the impact of acid rain on the growth and development of plants. So the answer choice that has three only is going to be answer choice. C is the final answer to our question, and I really hope this video helped you.