Utme 2021 Biology Question 24

Practice objective / multiple choice question 24 from the 2021 Utme Biology examination.

Utme 2021 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice 2 Difficulty
Question 24 UTME • 2021 • BIOLOGY • objective

When a marine fish was taken from the ocean and put in a tank of fresh water, it died after a short period because

Answer Options

A. the tank was too small compared to the large ocean
Correct Answer B. the body cells of the fish swelled and burst as a result of the hypotonic fresh water
C. the body cells of the fish shrank as their sap was hypertonic to the fresh water
D. there was no food in the tank, so the fish starved.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
the body cells of the fish swelled and burst as a result of the hypotonic fresh water

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This is Utme 2021 Biology Question 24. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Utme Biology examination.

Difficulty level: 2 .

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