During a hurricane, salt water invades fresh water marshes causing many of the plants to die. The plants are killed because the salt water solution is ________ to the plants, drawing water from their cells.

A. hypotonic
B. oligotonic
C. isotonic
D. hypertonic
E. mesotonic


Answer: D

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