Question

At the end of winter, water containing very high concentrations of road salt used to deice roadways runs off and some of it enters a very small freshwater pond that contains many aquatic organisms including paramecium. What do you suppose will happen to the paramecium?
a
The paramecium's environment will become hypertonic causing paramecium cells to burst

b
The paramecium's environment will become hypotonic causing paramecium cells to burst

c
The paramecium's environment will become hypotonic causing paramecium cells to shrivel

d
The paramecium's environment will become hypertonic causing paramecium cells to shrivel

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

The water molecules in the cell will want to move out of the cell into the pond in attempt to lower the salt concentration which will cause the cells to shrivel up with the loss of water. This is also called becoming hypertonic.