Some protozoans have special organelles called contractile vacuoles that continually eliminate excess water from the cell. The presence of these organelles tells you that the environment is what to the protozoan?

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Cassie Stout

Biology

1 June, 08:14

Some protozoans have special organelles called contractile vacuoles that continually eliminate excess water from the cell. The presence of these organelles tells you that the environment is what to the protozoan?

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Olivia Wilson · Answer 1

Liquid and with a higher osmotic pressure

Explanation:

Remember that a cell that is surrounded by an environment with a higher osmotic pressure, will produce that the cell get some water outside to make some dilution to the salt concentration that surrounds the protozoan.