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The salt unbalances the plant's systems and prevents it from doing certain necessary actions.
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When does loss of turgor happen?
Turgor would be lost when a plant loses water. Salt water can cause water to move out of plant cells and the plant would wilt.
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 is the independent the effect of salt water on plant growth?
Salt water provides physiological stress to the plant
What is main source of salt plant or animal?
From rock salt.
Can plants grow faster with salt?
While there are some plants that can survive with a lot of salt around, such as mangrove trees, most plants are killed by too much salt and even if there was not enough to kill them, it would not benefit the plant.
If you scatter salt on a potted plant the plant may shrivel up and sie why?
dont you know if we scatter salt on a potted plant the plant will shrivel up and die because it will become a concentrated solution ....................... ............... ....... ... . . .
When salt is scaterred on the soil of a potted plant why does it die?
when salt is scattered on the soil of a potted plant why does it die
What type of salt would affect the plant?
Depends what plant, Salt would be neutral or harmful to you plant. No pros of putting salt on your plant.
What would salt do to a plant?
kill it
How salt effects water?
Since salt water is hypertonic to the plant cell, the water would move into the hypertonic solution (extracellular) and out of the hypotonic plant cell. The cells would lose water and it would die.
What to do when you salt a plant?
you get some salt. and put it on a plant
How much salt can a plant tolerate?
a plant can't take much salt There is no definite answer. Just don't take the salt shaker to your plant.
Does salt kill a radish plant?
Well speaking scientifically the radish plant would probably die because of its reaction to the saltwater.Try out the experiment.
How do animals and plants adapt to living in in the ocean?
The high level of salt causes normal plants to shrivel because the high salt concentration actually extracts water from the cell (due to simple diffusion) causing death to the plant. Seaweed and other marine plant life are exceptions because they are covered with a special layer of tissue that prevents that from happening. That and marine plants are able to handle a high salt environment. If you put a normal potted plant in a bath of salt water, chances are it would shrivel and lose its rigidity over the next few hours.
Does a plant grow faster in salt water or in fresh water?
salt water would kill it it would dehydrate it and then it would need more water than usual.
What plant does salt come from?
yes, salt is a part of mineral's, from soil.
How would salt water affect a plant that grows in grassland?
It effects it by the ocen
