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What would happen to a jellyfish in a freshwater lake?

What would happen to a jellyfish in a freshwater lake?
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What would happen to a jellyfish in a freshwater lake?

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A jellyfish would die if it was placed in a freshwater lake. Salt water has more solutes than freshwater, so a freshwater environment would be hypotonic to a jellyfish's cells.
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