A buffer solution is one which resists changes in pH when small quantities of an acid or an alkali are added to it. Acidic buffer solutions. An acidic buffer solution is simply one which has a pH less than 7. Acidic buffer solutions are commonly made from a weak acid and one of its salts-often a sodium salt. A common example would be a mixture of ethanoic acid and sodium ethanoate in solution. In this case, if the solution contained equal molar concentrations of both the acid and the salt, it would have a pH of 4.76.
They are haploid cells, because  they have half the number of chromosomes as an organism. During  fertilization the diploid number is restored. Sperm are single  cells. 3 people found this useful.
1 In a human egg or sperm, there are 23 chromosomes, one of which is an X or Y. 2  The number of chromosomes is reduced from 46 to 23 during the process of meiosis. 3  Fertilization of the egg by the sperm restores the diploid number of 46 chromosomes. All cells in a higher eukaryote (like us) are diploid Â­ EXCEPT ...for the germ cells Â­ eggs and sperm. 2  Germ cells have only half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell Â­ one of each pair-and are termed haploid (n) .