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What would happen if a freshwater organism was put in saltwater?
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∙ 13y ago
If a jellyfish was placed in a freshwater lake, the jellyfish would be placed in a hypotonic environment. Osmosis says that water moves from areas of low solute concentration to high concentration, in order to reach a dynamic equilibrium. In other words, due to the fact that the jellyfish was placed in a hypotonic environment, or an area of low solute concentration compared to the jelly fish, its cells would be flooded with the fresh water and its cells would burst, causing the death of the jellyfish.
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∙ 11y ago
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What would happen if the freshwater became extinct?
we would have to always heat up saltwater to drink water
What would happen if you fed your freshwater fish saltwater fish food?
They will die. I did it once and my fish died.
Why would freshwater fish die in saltwater?
Saltwater is a lot more dense and would crush the freshwater fish internally.
Why would it be easier to control saltwater than freshwater blooms?
predicting would it be easier to control saltwater or freshwater blooms explain
C) Explain what would happen to the salmon's cells if this process did not occur?
I'm assuming you're talking about osmosis. If osmosis didn't occur, then the saltwater salmon couldn't adapt to freshwater and would suffer from a lack of water and too much salt in the cells, and the freshwater salmon would have too much water and not enough salt in it's cells. The saltwater salmon would shrivel up in freshwater, and the freshwater salmon would burst in saltwater.
Predict what would happen if a saltwater plant were placed in a freshwater aquarium?
If a saltwater plant were placed in freshwater aquarium then the plant cells would burst. This is because the salt water would make the plant cell allow more water to come in.
What would happen to a marine organism that is taken out of a salt water aquarium and placed in a freshwater aquarium?
Whatever the organism is it will die a dreadfully painfull death.
Do jaguars like freshwater or saltwater?
Jaguars as in the big cat? I'm not sure why they would like saltwater...
Can Granite rock be used in fish tanks?
In freshwater yes. I would not recommend it in saltwater. If it is not in the ocean naturally I would not put it in a saltwater tank. There isn't too much you can't put in freshwater.
Why would a freshwater aquarium would be a dangerous habitat for saltwater fish?
The cells of the saltwater fish would gain too much water.
Why would a freshwater aquarium be dangerous for saltwater fish?
The density and pressure of saltwater is different from freshwater as is much of the bacterias and parasites. The acidity of the water is also of concern as the lower the PH the higher the acidity of the water. Saltwater being of a higher PH would not handle the lower PH of freshwater very well. Also if moving a freshwater fish to saltwater that fish will lose a great amount of water in it's body causing death and if the saltwater fish is moved to freshwater it will gain great amounts of water causing death.
Would it be easier to control saltwater or freshwater Blooms?
freshwater blooms are eaiser to control due to smaller areas and eaiser to in dentify nutrients sources and major effects
