Which of the following statements regarding pH is true?

A) A pH of 10 is acidic, and a pH of 3 is alkaline.
B) As a whole, the pH of the ocean is slightly acidic.
C) Buffers accelerate large changes in the pH of a solution.
D) pH will change in deeper water when organisms with calcite shells sink.
E) pH relates to relative acid-base ion balance in a solution.


E

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