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The salt leaches the fluids out of the slug, due to osmosis. The slug then dies of dehydration.
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∙ 13y agoYes, Salt hurts slugs
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What can you put in a your slugs container?
salt and lots of it salt and lots of it
Do slugs have babies?
the answer is no to your question but its fun to put salt on them
How can you get rid of slugs?
Put some salt on them
Slugs are coming into my house how do I get rid of them?
you put salt on them or on the ground every where
Do slugs cry when salt is put on them?
Of course they do! How would you feel if you had salt put on you? You know how the wicked witch of the west cried when she had water poured on her... So you'd think a slug would cry a bit if he was being dried up and dying..
Why do slugs shrivel up when you put salt on them?
As with most non-ocean living animal and plant cells, salt applied externally creates a situation where the concentration of salt outside the cells is greater than that inside. Ions move into the cells and water then moves out to try and balance the difference to create an equalibrium. This loss of water within the cells causes them to shrivel up and die, furthermore causing the slug to die as well due to the lack of water.
Why do people put salt on leeches or slugs.what happens to the animals cells?
Slugs and leeches do not have an outer skin that holds water inside of them. Thus, they require a moist environment to avoid drying out. If you put salt on them, the salt pulls the water out of their cells and kills them.
If you were to grill a steak would it be better to put salt on it before or after you cook it Explain in terms of osmosis?
It would be better to put salt on the steak so it can absorb it.A cooked steak has less water than an uncooked steak if you put salt on before you cook it, you will draw more water out.
Can we use osmosis for desalinating water?
The process for desalinization is reverse osmosis. The salty fluid is put on the pressurized side of the semi-permeable membrane and the salt free water oozes to the low pressure side. The pressure overcomes the "osmotic pressure" noted in regular osmosis.
How does osmosis occur in an egg cell?
Osmosis occurs in an egg cell if you place it in liquids. If you put it in vinegar, the egg's shell will start to dissolve. Then, you can test osmosis in water or salt water. Because the egg is considered a cell, it will swell the egg cell with plain water (meaning it will increase the egg's mass). With salt water, the egg cell will shrink in mass.
What happens when a cell plant is placed in salt. In a potato I made a hole and I put salt on it . In other hand I put this in a cup with water. What will happens in relation a Diffussio aND oSmos?
~When you put salt in potato and then put it in the water cup, there is low water concentration in potato and more concentration in the cup of water. Due to this concentration gradient water moves from the cup into the potato by osmosis.
Why do cell shrank when they are put in salt solution?
It's called osmosis. The salt concentrations inside and outside the cell will "try" to reach an equilibrium, and since the salt concentration outside the cell is higher, water will flow out of the cell, making it shrink.
