Le Châtelier's principle applies to gas exchange reactions in human lungs. Carbon dioxide gas combines with water in the blood to form carbonic acid:
H2O + CO2 = H2CO3
When you breathe more rapidly, the concentration of CO2 in your blood
decreases. How would this affect the reaction's equilibrium?
A. More information is needed to assess the reaction's equilibrium.
B. It would maintain the reaction's equilibrium.
C. It would increase the formation of reactants.
D. It would increase the formation of products.