Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Carbonic anhydrase turns water and carbon dioxide into carbonic acid.
2. A buffer is a substance that prevents a sharp change in the pH of a solution when an acid or base is added.
3. Metabolic processes tend to produce more bases than acids.
4. A common buffer pair is sodium bicarbonate and carbonic acid.
5. If the sodium bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer pair were to buffer a solution of HCl, more carbonic acid would be formed.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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