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What will happen to a raw egg when placed in freshwater vs saltwater?
Saltwater eggs are given the name for a reason. They will live only in saltwater and will die right after you put them in fresh water.
What would happen to fresh water algae if they are placed in the ocean?
Fresh water algae may struggle to survive in a saltwater environment due to differences in salinity levels. The saltwater will cause water to move out of the cells of the freshwater algae, causing them to shrink and potentially die.
What happens when a saltwater fish cell is placed in fresh water?
it dies
What would happen to the cellular level of a fresh water fish being put into saltwater?
All of the H2o will leave the cells causing it to shrivel up and die
What happens to fresh water fish are placed in salt water?
They die because they can not live in saltwater, due to the salt.
What will happen to a salt water fish when placed in fresh water?
it will die
Is saltwater a solution or solute?
Saltwater is a solution because you can get fresh water and some salt and mix it and then you get saltwater.
Do swordfish live in fresh or saltwater?
salt
Is the Meditteranian Sea saltwater or fresh water?
Saltwater
What would happen if a freshwater organism was put in saltwater?
If a jellyfish was placed in a freshwater lake, the jellyfish would be placed in a hypotonic environment. Osmosis says that water moves from areas of low solute concentration to high concentration, in order to reach a dynamic equilibrium. In other words, due to the fact that the jellyfish was placed in a hypotonic environment, or an area of low solute concentration compared to the jelly fish, its cells would be flooded with the fresh water and its cells would burst, causing the death of the jellyfish.
What is the difference between saltwater and rainwater?
Rain water is fresh water and does not have salt. Saltwater is not fresh and does have salt.
Why do jellyfish burst when moved from saltwater to fresh water?
Jellyfishes are evolved to live in saltwater, and their cells have mechanisms for absorbing water and excreting salts. However, in freshwater this ability works against them, causing them to swell up with water, and their cells burst.
