You have gone into the field to take water samples from
two lakes in your town.
You note the following observations:
Think about how acids and bases would affect the
water quality in the two lakes.
Which set of pH data would you expect to see based
on your observations?
Lake A contained many fish swimming in its waters.
Lake B had very few fish swimming in its waters,
and a few dead fish floating on the water.
Lake A: pH = 4.5; Lake B: pH = 7.5
Lake A pH = 8.3, Lake B: pH = 3.7
Lake A: pH = 6.6, Lake B: pH = 6.8
Lake A pH = 10.2; Lake B: pH = 1.7
You return to your lab and take pH readings for each
sample