Question

if aliques dehydration involves a loss of electrolytes (which can happen when an illness causes excessive sweating or vomiting), the sports drink would best replace them in her extracellular environment. if her dehydration is largely due to her cells needing more water, adding water to her extracellular environment will in turn lead to more water diffusing into her cells to keep them hydrated.
in this case, alique opts to drink water. will this set up a hypertonic or hypotonic situation in her cells?
o hypotonic
o hypertonic

Explanation:

When Alique drinks water, it increases the water - content in the extracellular environment. A hypotonic solution has a lower solute concentration compared to the inside of the cell. Since water is being added to the extracellular space, making it have a lower solute concentration relative to the cells, it creates a hypotonic situation.

Answer:

A. hypotonic