🔍 Key Concepts

• pH scale ranges from 0 (most acidic) to 14 (most alkaline/basic) • Neutral water is at the center of the pH scale • How small changes around neutral (pH 7) are described in water chemistry

💭 Think About

• Where on the pH scale is neutral water, and is 6.0 above or below that point? • If something is slightly on one side of neutral, how would its condition be described? • Which option describes the general condition of water just one pH unit away from neutral?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm the numerical value for neutral pH of pure water • Decide whether a lower pH number means more acidic or more alkaline • Compare pH 6.0 to neutral pH and choose the description that best matches being just one unit away