A paramecium, like the one pictured here, must continuously use its contractile vacuole to expel excess water from its cell in o

Question

3 years ago

6

A paramecium, like the one pictured here, must continuously use its contractile vacuole to expel excess water from its cell in o

rder to survive. This means that the paramecium's natural environment (extra cellular fluid) is
hypotonic
hypertonic
isotonic

Biology

1 answer:

user100 [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-06T14:21:23+03:00

Hypotonic.

In hypotonic environment, the water moving into the Paramecium cell by osmosis. Paramecium cells regulate water through special organelles which are known as contractile vacuoles. Paramecium is a freshwater organism, which means a hypotonic environment is its typical ambience.