Question

Nitrogen dioxide dissolves with rainwater and reaches the soil as nitric acid.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

During lightning, the triple bond of nitrogen breaks and it combines with atmospheric oxygen to form nitric oxide. This nitric oxide combines with oxygen again to give nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide dissolves in rainwater in the presence of oxygen and finally forms nitric acid ($HN{O}_3$).

$4N{O}_2+2H_{2}O+O_2\to 4HN{O}_3$