Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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During a hurricane, salt water invades fresh wate marshes ausing many of the plants to die and utimately the loss of soil. The plants are killed because the salt-water solution is ____ to the planets drawing water from the plant cells.
a). hypertonic
b). isotonic
c). mestonic
d). hypotonic
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