Freshwater animals exert large amounts of energy to transport water from their tissues back to the
outside because they are hypertonic to their surroundings Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
Hypertonic animals have a higher concentration than their surroundings. In this case, water would try
to flow into an animal to reach some kind of equilibrium. Information can be found in the section
Marine Life Success Depends upon Physical and Biological Environmental Factors
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