Chapter 05 – Membranes
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47. While eating lobster for dinner one night your friend asks what you think might happen if
this marine invertebrate, which is normally isosmotic with respect to the surrounding
seawater, were to be moved to a bay with a slightly lower salt concentration instead of being
caught. You reply that, in order for the lobster to be isosmotic with respect to new
environment,
Clarify Question
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What is the key concept addressed by the question?
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What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
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What do you know about adaptation to a change in the salinity? What other information
is related to the question?
Choose Answer
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Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most
likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
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Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the
process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?