Some inquisitive students found two slugs and wanted to take them to class. The only container they could find was a used potato chip bag. The students stored the slugs in the bag to take to school the next day, when the students opened the bag at school, they found that the slugs and melted into slime. Why did this happen?

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Zain Houston

27 June, 01:49

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Bryson Bradford · Answer 1

The salt around the slugs created a hypertonic environment, which caused water to diffuse out of cells and the cells will shrink.