SHORT ANSWER Question 17
Using your knowledge of osmosis and the image below, explain why you should not drink
large quantities of ocean water by answering the following:
1. Is ocean water (salt water) hypertonic, hypotonic or isotonic to your body? Explain
why. (where is there more salt, in the salt water or in your cells? knowing this, what
is the prefix that matches the salt water?)
2. Based on your answer to part 1, what will this type of solution do to the water in the
cells of your body?
Number each part and use complete sentences.