Question

After swimming in the ocean for several hours, the swimmers noticed that their fingers appeared to be very wrinkled or shriveled up. This is an indication that seawater is ______ relative to the fluid in cells.a) isotonicb) hypotonicc) hypertonicd) none of these

Answer 1

c) hypertonic

Step-by-step explanation:

Hypertonic solution -

It is the solution , having more concentration of the solute than any other solution , is termed to as a hypertonic solution .

And , similarly ,

The solution with lesser concentration than any other solution , is known as hypotonic solution .

Hypertonic solution have higher osmotic pressure than another solution , or , in simple words , the solution to be hypertonic in nature , will have more number of solute particles outside the membrane than that is present inside it .

The most common example of a hypertonic solution , is the salt water solution ,

Hence , from the question , the water in the swimming pool is salty in nature and hence is a hypertonic solution .

As , the fingers got exposed to this hypertonic solution , and it get shrinked , as the water from the fingers goes to the swimming water , and hence get shrunken and wrinkled .