Question

1. Why wouldn't bacteria be able to

Answer 1

Answer:

When you add salt to the fish, the salt not only draws the water out of the fish but also draws moisture out of any bacteria that is on or in the food, and the bacteria cannot survive. The salt draws out the water through osmosis, which draws water across a cell membrane so that both sides have an equal amount of saltiness or salinity.

Answer 2

Imagine you have a cup that has 100ml water, and you add 15g of table sugar to the water. The sugar dissolves and the mixture that is now in the cup is made up of a solute (the sugar) that is dissolved in the solvent (the water). The mixture of a solute in a solvent is called a solution.