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प्रश्न
Give Reasons for the following.
Freshwater fish cannot survive in seawater.
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उत्तर
The seawater is saline (having more concentration of salts) and acts as a hypertonic solution for the freshwater. So freshwater fish cannot survive in seawater as it causes the plasmolysis of the cells of the fish and ultimately the fish will die.
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