At the end of winter, water containing very high concentrations of road salt used to deice roadways runs off and some of it enters a very small freshwater pond that contains many aquatic organisms including paramecium. What do you suppose will happen to the paramecium?


a
The paramecium's environment will become hypertonic causing paramecium cells to burst

b
The paramecium's environment will become hypotonic causing paramecium cells to burst

c
The paramecium's environment will become hypotonic causing paramecium cells to shrivel

d
The paramecium's environment will become hypertonic causing paramecium cells to shrivel