One day during the summer you and some friends make ice cream using an electric ice cream maker.To get the ice cream to form,a mixture of salt and ice is packed around the ice cream maker.A few days later you notice a yellow circle of dead grass where the ice cream maker had been placed.You hypothesize that some of the salt and ice mixture spilled onto the grass and ________.
A)froze the grass
B)was isosmotic to the grass cells causing the yellow circle of dead grass
C)was hyperosmotic to the grass cells causing the yellow circle of dead grass
D)was hypoosmotic to the grass cells causing the yellow circle of dead grass

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The salt and ice mixture is hyperosmotic, meaning it has a higher concentration of solutes than the surrounding grass cells. This causes water to be drawn out of the cells, leading to dehydration and eventual death of the grass.

One Day During the Summer You and Some Friends Make