Look up the Osmotic Pressure in your blood and discuss why sea water will kill you...

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Look up the Osmotic Pressure in your blood and discuss why seawater will kill you if you drink it. (I know that it is more to dowith kidneys than blood… but that is too much biology for thisworksheet.)

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Cell membranes or the cell walls act as selectively permeable membranes Cells let water pass freely but strictly controlling the amount and type of other ions that can pass the membrane And    See Answer
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