45. Which statement does NOT describe a strategy used by multicellular animals tomaintain osmotic balance with their surroundings?A) Cells have a contractile vacuole, an organelle that pumps water out of the cell.B) Animals have a high concentration of albumin and other proteins in blood plasma.C) Cells actively pump out Na" and other ions.D)Cells store fuel as a polysaccharide instead of as simple sugars.E) All of the statements describe a strategy to maintain osmotic balance.

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45. Which statement does NOT describe a strategy used by multicellular animals to
maintain osmotic balance with their surroundings?
A) Cells have a contractile vacuole, an organelle that pumps water out of the cell.
B) Animals have a high concentration of albumin and other proteins in blood plasma.
C) Cells actively pump out Na" and other ions.
D)
Cells store fuel as a polysaccharide instead of as simple sugars.
E) All of the statements describe a strategy to maintain osmotic balance.

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The contractile vacuole is an organelle found in some single-celled organisms such as protists and some algae. It helps to regulate water balance within the cell by actively pumping excess water out of the cell

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