A student completed the experiment but found that the total amount of material recovered weighed more than the original sample. What is the most likely source of error and how may it be corrected?

This is due to the water moisture present in the recovered sample.

Explanation:

The total amount of material recovered isn’t meant to weigh more than the original sample. However when this happens then it means there is the presence of water moisture in the recovered sample.

The recovered samples however needs to be heated to make it dry and eliminate the water moisture through evaporation.

acid rain does not usually kill trees directly. instead, it is more likely to weaken the trees by damaging their leaves, limiting the nutrients available to them, or poisoning them with toxic substances slowly released from the soil. the main atmospheric pollutants that affect trees are nitrates and sulphates.

there is none because earth is stationary and flat.