The passage states that organisms that live in fresh water cannot survive in salt water. These organisms will undergo a process
termed plasmolysis. An organism experiencing plasmolysis would resemble the egg subjected to which variable of the experiment? A) egg in vinegar
B) egg in tap water
Eliminate
C) egg in salt water
D) egg in Kayro syrup
An egg in Kayro syrup will experience plasmolysis. During the process of plasmolysis a body loses water to another one at a higher concentration. Fresh water organisms suffers plasmolysis because in salt water, the concentration of dissolved salt in the water is high and this makes the water hypertonic to their body.
In a hypertonic solution, the egg will lose water and begins to shrink in the Kayro syrup.
The Kayro syrup is hypertonic to the egg and by so doing, it will lose water to it.
