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15. If you were lost at sea and you drank salty seawater, what would you expect to happen to the cells in your body?

(shrink, swell, or stay same size) Why do you think that?

16. A large-mouth bass is taken from a fresh water lake and transplanted into the river. If the conditions for survival are
optimal, would you expect the cells in the fish to shrink, swell, or stay the same? Why do you think that?

17. If a sea star egg is taken from the ocean and put into Elk Lake would you expect the egg to shrink, swell, or stay the same? Why do you think that?

User Ahmad Ajmi
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15. swell
16. swell
17. shrink

Salt = more density causing swelling
freshwater = shrink

i hope i am right on this!! let me know! thank you
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