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Freshwater amoeba in salt water will have a higher solute content outside of the amoeba. The water in the amoeba will want to move out of the amoeba and into the environment. This will cause the amoeba to shrivel and die.
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Why does water move into the amoeba living in fresh water?
When single cell freshwater organism is transferred in salt water it will shrink. For e.x. As in case of amoeba if fresh water amoeba is kept in salt water it contractile vacuole will disappear and this phenomena is called osmoregulation.
A potato cube is placed in a beaker filled with hot salt water and another potato cube is placed in a beaker filled with cold salt water?
A patato cube is placed in a beaker filled with hot salt water and another patato cube is placed in a beaker filled with cold salt water?
Why would you expect a freshwater amoeba to be more likely to have contractile vacuoles than a marine amoeba?
Because the surrounding freshwater concentration is higher than the salt concentration inside and so all the water from the vacuoles has left because of osomosis. while the marine amoeba has the surrounding salt concentration equal to the concentration inside the vacuole.
What would happen to a cheek cell if it was placed in a petri dish full of salt water?
penis...
How big is an amoeba?
an amoeba is 0.5 mm as big as a grain of salt
What would happen if a perch is placed in salt water?
There are certain types of perch that live in salt water, so in that case nothing would happen. However, if a fresh water perch was placed in salt water it would die. There are very few fish that can go between salt water and fresh water and perch is not one of them.
What happens if a salt water fish gets placed in freash water?
it would prob die because the salt water fish need salt water so yeah it would die.
What would happen if a jellyfish was placed in a very low salt environment what would happen?
It would lose salt into the water.
Is a cell is placed in a salt water water leaves cell by?
If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by osmosis.
If a cell is placed in salt water water leaves the cell by .?
If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by osmosis.
What would happen if you placed a salt water fish into a fresh water tank?
No, don't try it. No. The salt would disolve. And don't try it
Why does water move into the amoeba living in fresh water?
When single cell freshwater organism is transferred in salt water it will shrink. For e.x. As in case of amoeba if fresh water amoeba is kept in salt water it contractile vacuole will disappear and this phenomena is called osmoregulation.
What would happen to a fresh water cell if placed into salt-water?
die..and its body will float on the surface
A potato cube is placed in a beaker filled with hot salt water and another potato cube is placed in a beaker filled with cold salt water?
A patato cube is placed in a beaker filled with hot salt water and another patato cube is placed in a beaker filled with cold salt water?
Why would you expect a freshwater amoeba to be more likely to have contractile vacuoles than a marine amoeba?
Because the surrounding freshwater concentration is higher than the salt concentration inside and so all the water from the vacuoles has left because of osomosis. while the marine amoeba has the surrounding salt concentration equal to the concentration inside the vacuole.
Would a potato get heavier if you place it in salt water?
No a potato will not get heavier if placed in salt water, and does it really matter if it does? Do not ask stupid questions. Keep it simple.
What happens when table salt sodium chlorideNaCl is placed in water?
It makes salt and water!
