If You Submerge a Mussel in an Environment in Which

question 42

Multiple Choice

If you submerge a mussel in an environment in which the ambient osmotic pressure progressively increases, the blood osmotic pressure of the mussel will

• A) progressively increase.
• B) progressively decrease.
• C) increase first and then decrease.
• D) not change.

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