why earthworm dies when

by **samiah** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:46 pm

why earthworm dies when salt is sparkled on it??

by **samiah** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:48 pm

Is it because salt is attracted to water and thus earthworm gets deficient of it ..no respiration results in death..

by **canalon** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:19 pm

Osmosis is the technical term, and the water is moving, not the salt..

by **Dougalbod** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:35 pm

The earthworm is dehydrated by osmosis - the water is 'sucked' out of the worm to dilute the salt

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