Imagine a freshwater plant and animal?

Question

Imagine an aquatic animal that lives in fresh water. Would the animal's body fluids be relatively hypotonic or hypertonic to its environment?

Imagine a freshwater plant that has recently been places in seawater. Would the plant tend to gain or lose water. Explain.

Answer 1

An aquatic animal has body fluid hypertonic to its environment.

A freshwater plant will undergo plasmolysis; the vacuole and the rest of the protoplast will shrink, thus causing the plasma membrane to pull away from the cell wall.

Answer 2

Ask your biology teacher.