Dear Betty, - (1)

I’m writing to you concerning of my last day in Yogyakarta. I just got back from Borobudur, the wonderful temple
I’ve ever seen. The weather is fine. We are now staying in a hotel. It’s not far from Malioboro. We are treated well
here. It has many excellent staff who serve the customers. We plan to go around Malioboro after the children take a
short nap. We want to enjoy having “lesehan” there. It is a kind of restaurant but we sit on the ground. Many kinds
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of local handicraft are sold along Malioboro streets. Both domestic and foreign tourist are interested in them. I
want to buy some as souvenir. Don’t worry, I’ll also buy you the most interesting one.

Love 3
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Dara
PS: Please reply soon  5

Acid rain is rain that is highly acidic because of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other air pollutants
dissolved in it. Normal rain is slightly acidic, with a pH of 6. Acid rain may have a pH value as low as 2.8.
Acid rain can severely damage both plant and animal life. Certain lakes, for example, have lost all fish and
plant life because of acid rain. Acid rain comes from sulfur in coal and oil. When they burn, they make sulfur
dioxide (SO₂). Most sulfur leaves factory chimneys as the gaseous sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and most nitrogen
oxides (NO ᴏr NO₂), both of which are gasses. The gasses may be dry deposited absorbed directly by the land,
by lakes or by the surface vegetation. If they are in the atmosphere for anytime, the glasses will oxidize (gain
an oxygen atom) and go into solution as acids. Sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) and the nitrogen oxides will become
nitric acid (HNO₃). The acids usually dissolve in cloud droplets and may travel great distances before being
precipitated as acid rain. Catalysts such as hydrogen peroxide, ozone, and ammonium help promote the
formation of acid in clouds. More ammonium (NH₄) can be formed when some of the acids are partially
neutralized by airborne ammonia (NH₃).
Acidification increases with the number of active hydrogen (H⁺) ions dissolved in acid. Hydrocarbons
emitted by, for example, car exhaust will react in sunlight with nitrogen oxides to produce ozone. Although it
is invaluable in the atmosphere, low-level ozone causes respiratory problems and also hastens the formation of
acid rain. When acid rain falls on the ground it dissolves and liberates heavy metals and aluminum (Al). When
it is washes into lakes, aluminum irritates the outer surfaces of many fish. As acid rain falls or drains into the
lake the pH of the lake falls. Forests suffer the effect of acid rain through damage to leaves, through the loss of
vital nutrients, and through the increased amounts of toxic metals liberated by acid, which damage roots and
soil microorganisms.
How COVID-19 Spreads
         COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused by a type of coronavirus.
COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person in respiratory droplets from
someone who is infected. People who are infected often have symptoms of illness. Some people without symptoms
may be able to spread virus.
The virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading very easily and sustainably between people. COVID-19, like the flu,
can be spread from person to person. When a person who has COVID-19 coughs, sneezes or talks, they may spread
droplets containing the virus a short distance, which quickly settle on surrounding surfaces.
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person. It spreads quickly:
1. Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
2. Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.
3. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the
lungs.

How Does Rain From and What Is The Water Cycle?

Let's look at the size of rain and how raindrops fall first. We'll need the Sun. When the Sun shines on water on the
Earth's surface, the heat of the Sun warms the water turning it into an invisible gas called water vapour. This
process the changing of water into a gas is called evaporation because gases are lighter than liquids. Water vapor
rises up into the sky and the further you move up and away from the Earth's surface the colder temperature gets, so
in the sky the water vapor cools and changes back into tiny water droplets. This change is called condensation, and
it is the opposite of evaporation. Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets so when condensation occurs in the sky
clouds form and grow. When water droplets bump into one another they stick together and grow in size they
continue to grow until they are too heavy and fall as rain. They even grows they bump into one another on their
journey from the cloud to the ground and every single raindrop that reaches the ground is made up of 1 million of
the original tiny water droplets. Raindrops fall on the ground surface or the Sun can shine on them and the whole
process happens again. This is called the water cycle and keeps water moving from the ground to the sky.