If a dialysis bag filled with water is placed in a molasses solution, what do you predict will happen to the weight of the bag over time? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The weight of the bag should decrease. The molasses solution is hypertonic.

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At the Sand Bar restaurant, customers can nibble on snails (_____) with garlic butter and oysters on the half shell (_____) during their "happy hour." The happy patrons will be enjoying what types of molluscs?

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