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likoan [24]
4 years ago
5

How would the contractile vacuole of a freshwater amoeba respond if the organisms was placed in seawater

Biology
2 answers:
earnstyle [38]4 years ago
8 0
Well, It would be placed in a hyper tonic solution and will shrink. Hope this helped!
dangina [55]4 years ago
4 0

Answer: The contractile vacuole will shrink, expelling more water, thereby causing the cell to shrivel.

Explanation:

The main function of the contractile vacuole is to regulate the amount of water in the cell and to expel waste products. When a freshwater amoeba is placed in seawater which is hypertonic, the contractile vacuole will release more water in response to the concentration gradient thereby making the cell to shrivel up.

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