Bases have pH values above 7. The higher the pH value, the more strongly basic the substance.

Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are less. or more ):


Christy is in lab measuring the pH values of some substances. The first substance she measures has a pH value of 8. The second substance has a pH value of 9. Compared to the first, the second substance can be said to be less. or more basic? 

