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If a saltwater protozoan is transferred to a freshwater lake, it will likely face osmotic stress due to the significant difference in salinity. The freshwater environment can cause water to enter the protozoan's cells rapidly, potentially leading to cell swelling and rupture, a process known as osmotic lysis. Most saltwater organisms are not adapted to handle such drastic changes in salinity, so the protozoan is unlikely to survive in the freshwater environment.
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What would happen to marine protozoan if removed from its normal habitat and placed into a freshwater pool?
Loss of water through osmosis is what would occur. The protozoan would shrivel up if it did not have a way to replace freshwater in its cells.
What happen when a marine water protozoan is kept in fresh water?
When a marine water protozoan is placed in fresh water, it experiences osmotic stress due to the difference in solute concentration. Freshwater has a lower concentration of solutes compared to the protozoan's internal environment, leading to water entering the cell through osmosis. This can cause the protozoan to swell and potentially burst, as they are not adapted to cope with such a drastic change in osmotic pressure. To survive, they would need to actively regulate their internal conditions or find a way to return to a saltier environment.
How does the contractil e vacuole help freshwater organisms survive?
Freshwater protozoan require contractile vacuole to regulate the amount of water in its body /cell because the liquids ,in the form of waste water etc ,present in protozoan are more concentrated than the surrounding freshwater water due to presence of different acid ,etc . As a result concentration gradient develops which facilitate the flow of freshwater from surroundings inside the body of the protozoan . If this water keeps on filling inside the body then it may lead to damage to the metabolism of the protozoan & may also lead to the death of the organism . Hence, a regulating body like contractile vacuole is needed to excrete out the extra water in the protozoan's body .
What happens when marine protozoan is transferred to a fresh water medium?
When a marine protozoan is transferred to a fresh water medium, it may experience osmotic stress due to differences in salt concentrations. This can disrupt its internal balance of water and salts, leading to potential cell damage or death. Additionally, the change in environment could impact its ability to obtain nutrients and interact with other organisms that are specific to marine habitats.
What would happen to the cell of a freshwater fish if you put it in salt water?
it will die
What will happen to a unicellular organisms that lives in salt water is transferred to fresh water?
Like some fish it depends if it can only live in one or the other. Think of it like this. If you take a clown fish out of the ocean and put it in a freshwater fish tank it will survive. So will the unicellular organism.
What will happen to freshwater bacterial cell that is placed in salt water?
Water leaves the cell, causing the cell to shrink.
What would happen if freshwater bacterial cells are placed in salt water?
water leaves the cell causeing the cell to shrink.
What would happen to the egg in the freshwater glass?
The egg would sink in freshwater because it is denser than water. Eggs have a higher density than freshwater, so they sink rather than float.
What is the habitat of spirostomum?
Spirostomum is a freshwater protozoan commonly found in freshwater environments such as ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams. They usually inhabit the sediments at the bottom of these bodies of water where they feed on bacteria and small organic particles.
Sharks never go into fresh water?
salt water sharks typically do not go into fresh water, but sometimes they do. some sharks have been in freshwater for so ling that they have adapted and become freshwater charks. though this is uncommon, it does happen
What would happen if the freshwater became extinct?
we would have to always heat up saltwater to drink water
