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Why would a shipwrecked crew die of dehydration after a few days if they are floating in an ocean full of water?
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∙ 11y ago
Yes. If they boiled the water and filtered it in order to remove the salt content, they could survive on it, but salt water straight from the sea dehydrates you rather quickly, due to the high salt content.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 11y agoSeawater is too hypertonic for people. They will die because of dehydration due to the high level of salt in sea water. The cells dehydrate from losing to much water. First they will get sick then they will die.
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∙ 14y agothey will die faster because they will dehydrate faster and if they have to much salt their lungs can't expand verywell and that cases them to die
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∙ 15y agoEventually, yes. The salt would draw water from the cells and interstitial spaces, making you more dehydrated and thirsty really.
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∙ 11y agobecause the sea water is loaded with salt content
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What is the difference between dehydration reaction and hydration reaction?
Hydrolysis is the reaction of an organic compound with water, whereas dehydration is the removal of water molecules from an organic compound.
When your body loses water it loses electrolytes what is it scientific term for what?
The loss of water in the human body is called dehydration. The loss of electrolytes that results from dehydration is still described as dehydration.
What is removed in dehydration synthesis What kind of bond is made by dehydration synthesis How do you break apart this bond?
Water is removed during dehydration synthesis. A covalent bond is produced by dehydration synthesis. Hydrolysis, the addition of water, can break apart this bond.
Can Distilled water be used for dehydration?
Yes. Most water can be used to cure dehydration, provided it is not contaminated or salty like seawater.
Why can tissue cells be damage or die if blood doesn't get to them?
If you think of a cell within a tissue as a single cell floating in the ocean, you will realize that the ocean water moving around it brings nutrients and oxygen and carries away waste products. The same thing happens in every cell in an organism except they are not floating alone in the ocean, the salt water with nutrients and oxygen (blood) comes to each of them and then carries away waste products. If this doesn't happen, the cell will die.
If a shipwrecked crew drinks sea water they will probably die Why?
They will die because of dehydration due to the high level of salt in sea water.
Is Ocean water a great substitute for bottled water?
No. You can't drink Ocean water or you'll die of Dehydration.
Is water a transparent object?
Yes its blue in the ocean because of the particles floating around and the ocean. Water is clear by itself
Why is the ice shelf floating?
The ice is less dense than the ocean water.
How is an iceberg floating in the ocean affected by water pressure and buoyant force?
An iceberg floating in the ocean is affected by the water pressure and buoyant force on the basis of the Archimedes' principle. This dictates that a volume of a liquid must supported by the pressure of a surrounding liquid.Ê
Is ocean water a substance or mixture?
Mixture (in addition to being a mixture of salt and water, theres a bunch of other goodies floating around in it)
What would humans do to drink the ocean water?
It causes diarrhea due to the magnesium salts, which leads to dehydration and death.
The loss of water the removal of water moisture?
Dehydration
What would drinking ocean water do to the human body?
It causes diarrhea due to the magnesium salts, which leads to dehydration and death.
Does Hydrolysis or dehydration produce water as a byproduct?
Hydrolysis uses water in the reaction and dehydration removes it. The answer is dehydration.
What is the approximate percentage of water in the ocean?
None (unless it is floating as ice). The oceans are not fresh water they are salt water.
Why does an ocean bouy bob up and down as a wave passes by?
Buoys float on the water. Waves are water moving. The moving water moves the floating buoy.
