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A Long Period of Dry, Hot Weather Has Caused Evaporation

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A long period of dry, hot weather has caused evaporation of water, resulting in an increase in salt concentrations in the ponds inhabited by the brine shrimp Artemia.How will the shrimp respond physiologically?


A) They will transport salt out of their extracellular fluids to the environment.
B) They will move water across their gill membranes by means of active transport.
C) They will maintain osmolarity of their extracellular fluids above environmental levels.
D) They will osmoconform with their surroundings.
E) They will transport salt from the environment to their extracellular fluids.

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