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What happens when carbon dioxide levels in the blood decrease to below normal?

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What happens when carbon dioxide levels in the blood decrease to below normal?

  1. pH of the blood decreases.
  2. the blood becomes more acidic
  3. the concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood decreases.
  4. pH does not change.
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waelhammad
2022-10-19
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C: Carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbonic acid and thence hydronium ions. So a decrease in CO 2 will decrease the concentration of hydronium ions (and pH will increase).

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