You and your friends are hanging out at the Great Salt Lake during the hot summer. After a few hours your friend become very thirsty and realizes they’ve run out of water. Your friend says to you, “it’s no big deal, the lake is right there and I’ll just fill up my water bottle with some water.” You took BIOL 1010 at UVU and immediately turn to your friend, grab their arm and say, “NO! You can’t do that, it’s salt water. If you drink all that salt water you could die!” You start to explain to your friend what would happen if they drink the salt water. Which of the following osmosis explanations would you use?
If you drank salt water it would represent an isotonic solution and the water molecules in your cells would move out of the cell to try to reach equilibrium. This would cause your cells to burst as your body loses water.
If you drank salt water, it would represent a hypertonic solution and the water molecules in your cells would move into the cells to try to reach equilibrium. This would cause your cells to burst and cause your body to lose water.
If you drank salt water, it would represent a hypertonic solution and the water molecules in your cells would move out of the cells to try to reach equilibrium. This would cause your cells to dehydrate as your body loses water.
If you drank salt water it would represent an hypotonic solution and the salt molecules would move into your the cells to try to reach equilibrium. This would cause your cells to burst as your body loses water.
Group of answer choices
Choice II
Choice III
Choice I
Choice IV