What happens if you put salt in cold water?

Answer 1

it will die because the water content is not the same as salt

Answer 2

This is a somewhat complicated one, but I'll explain to the best of my understanding.

This has mostly to do with osmotic balance. Meaning the balance between salt and water the fish is striving to keep.

Saltwater Fish are constantly striving to remove salt from their bodies because of the salty water they live in, salt happens to be quite abundant. This is accomplished by internal processes in side of the fish in where salt is contstantly removed from their bodies in their waste.

Freshwater Fish on the other hand struggle inversley. Pushing freshwater out and keeping the right amount of salt in. Again accomplished through osmosis.

So if we placed a freshwater fish in saltwater it's body would continue to push the freshwater out, but only be taking in saltwater. Eventually the fish would just die because it's entirely too salty. And it has then lost all of the freshwater that it would use to hydrate itself. (However, there are some fish that can tolerate both salt and freshwater.)

What would happen to the cells? Well....I'm not sure I can answer that but my best guess is that nothing would happen to them, the fish would die before that could be an issue.

Answer 3

it will get much cuter. Also the frog would appear wearing makeup...and will be ready for a FASHION SHOW!!

Answer 4

the salt de-solves and leave the taste behind which makes it salt water

Answer 5

You see, the water would be slightly impossible for the little guys to live. They would die. It's like putting a penguin in Texas. It doesn't work out quite so well for the penguin.

Answer 6

it disolves then if you heat the water the water will desolve and the salt will be left at the botton

Answer 7

it implodes