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nite_n_day nite_n_day
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10 years ago
Ellie’s dad tells her that his fingers used to wrinkle up when he went swimming in Lake
Michigan as a boy. Her mom tells her that never happened when she went swimming at the
ocean in Maine when she was a girl. Explain Why? What would you expect to happen to the
fingers and toes of swimmers in the Great Salt Lake in Utah? Would their skin wrinkle or feel
tight? Explain Why?
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10 years ago
Lake Michigan is a freshwater lake with lower osmolarity than human tissue (i.e., It is hypotonic to the water in human tissue). Ocean water is close to isotonic with human tissue. Hence, there will be a net movement of water into human tissue from Lake Michigan water but not from ocean water. Great Salt Lake has a high concentration of dissolved particles. Hence, if there is any net movement of water, it will be out of the skin rather than into the skin. There will be no wrinkling or swelling. Skin may feel tight and dry and might crack after leaving the lake.
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nite_n_day Author
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10 years ago
Thanks, perfect response.
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Eric Clapton
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