Environmental scientists can use a similar lab kit to test collected water samples from bodies of water. In lakes and streams, calcium carbonate (CaCO3) causes alkalinity,
which allows it to function as a buffer, neutralizing any acid rain that may enter the
water supply. A buffer is a substance that serves to resist small changes in acidity or
alkalinity in a solution.
Environmental scientists monitoring pollution levels are measuring buffer levels in
two specific lakes. They found that Lake B had a greater ppm of calcium carbonate
than Lake A.
Which of the two lakes would be able to neutralize a greater amount of acid rain?
Explain your answer.

Air pressure is measured in pascals. for a professional american football game, the ball should be inflated to about 90,000 pascals. scientists studied the effects of air temperature on the pressure inside american footballs by taking these steps: 1. prepare 100 footballs. 2. measure each football's air pressure. 3. divide footballs into 10 groups. 4. place the groups in different lockers cooled to different air temperatures. 5. after 12 hours, remove the footballs from lockers. 6. measure each football's pressure again. 7. compare the new pressures to the starting pressures. what two terms best describe the variable "air pressure inside the football" in this experiment? independent, qualitative independent, quantitative dependent, qualitative dependent, quantitative