in order to survive in its environment a single celled organism uses a contractile vacuole to remove excess water that diffuses into its cell. Another species a hydra also excretes excess water. Both processes involve the use of energy. Based on this information, state whether these two organisms live in fresh water or salt water support your answer

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Elisabeth Gregory

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23 March, 22:57

in order to survive in its environment a single celled organism uses a contractile vacuole to remove excess water that diffuses into its cell. Another species a hydra also excretes excess water. Both processes involve the use of energy. Based on this information, state whether these two organisms live in fresh water or salt water support your answer

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Christopher Henry · Answer 1

They would live in salt water.

Explanation:

Salt water is a hypertonic solution where water needs to move outside of the cell because there is too much solute outside. Because the 2 organisms are removing excess water, it shows that they are living in salt water where water flows outside instead of inside the cell.