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Drinking excessive amounts of salt water can damage the kidneys. It can also cause high blood pressure. Drinking too much salt water can have a dehydrating effect.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoSea water is hypertonic.It causes dehydration and hypernatremia.
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∙ 15y agoYour body wouldn't be able to take the levels of salt and you would throw up or - die
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∙ 13y agoYour cells dehydrate and you then dehydrate.
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∙ 13y agoYou would get seriously dehydrated and your kidneys would be in danger.
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∙ 13y agoIf you drink too much salt water, you become dehydrated and could eventually die from severe dehydration.
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∙ 14y agoyou wouldnt..
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∙ 13y agodepends on how much
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What would happen to a salt water plant if you put in fresh water and why?
The plant is most likely to die because the salt water already killed the root cells. It also depends on the concentraition of the plant. some plants are very sensitive when fresh water is placed in ONLY salt water plants
Why a person could die of dehydration by drinking enough 10 percent salt solution?
The cells in the persons body would try to equalize the concentration on the outside and inside of the cell. This would lead to the cells exposed to the hypotonic solution dehydrating themselves.
What are the differences between salt water and fresh water?
the difference between salt water and fresh water is that salt water is from the ocean and fresh water is water that hasn't gotten to the ocean and so the water is clean, And you can only drink fresh water not salt water
Solutions of water and other molecules are found both inside and outside living cells. what term refers to the salt in a solution of salt and water?
Salt is the solute.
What will happen if you use a stainless spoon to stir salt into water?
the salt will dissolve but the stainless spoon will not
What would happen to your cells in your body if you drink salt water?
you become dehydrated because thwe concentration of salt is in salt water than in your cells, so water flows out of your cells to balance the concentrations.
What would happen to your cells if you were to drink salt water from the Pacific Ocean?
Because ocean water has a higher salt content that your cells (hypertonic), they would shrivel slightly.
What happens to your cells when you drink a lot of salt water?
You become dehydrated- water leaves the cells trying to dilute the salt water.
Do the cells in your body swell and lyse when you drink water?
No. Your cells need salt in then to swell. Also "lyse" means to break. Your cells do not break when and if you drink water. So the answer is no.
What will happen to the cells in your body if you drink sea water?
When you drink a regular glass of water, most of it is absorbed by osmosis through cells lining your small intestine. If you drink salt water then salt is added to the blood stream and your blood then becomes hypertonic to the entire solution (meaning is has more solute (salt) than normal), and your cells will lose water because your body is trying to dilute all that salt. So your cells will lose water and shrink.
What will happen to the cells of a fresh water plant when put in salt water?
It would die.
What happen as salt dissolves in water?
The water will taste salty and not good to drink, ocean water is salty and if you drink too much of it you can die.
What would happen to the cells of a fresh water fish if you put it in salt water?
me dont know
Why you shouldn't drink salt water?
because you drink water to get rid of salt in your blood and if you drink salt water it just adds more salt
Why shouldn't we drink salt water?
Why shouldn't we drink salt water
How salt water fish drink salt water?
fish dont drink salt water they just feel it
Do whales drink?
Every creature on the planet needs water for their cells. The water helps create all sorts of things inside all of our cells, that's why humans typically die if they are dehydrated; the cells have basically stopped working.So yes, whales do drink.(And yes, the water they drink is salt water which is bad, but their bodies filter it.)
