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If frog eggs taken from a fresh water pond are placed in saltwater aquarium what will most likely happen?
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∙ 13y ago
The eggs will almost instantly perish. Since the inside of the eggs contain low salinity and the outside environment has high salinity, the fresher water in the eggs will flow out of the eggs to the saltwater in order to balance the chemistry of the system.
Hailee Hills
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∙ 10y agoThe eggs will almost instantly perish. Since the inside of the eggs contain low salinity and the outside environment has high salinity, the fresher water in the eggs will flow out of the eggs to the saltwater in order to balance the chemistry of the system.
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∙ 13y agoThe eggs will not hatch and probably will die.
Simone Antoine
The eggs will burst
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