Biological Science (7th Edition)
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Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Greg Podgorski, Emily Taylor, Jeff Carmichael
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Chapter 2, Problem 11PIAT
How do organisms survive below freezing temperatures?
The winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectesamericanus) lives in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean and along the New England coast, where frigid water temperatures would normally turn the water inside the flounder's cells into ice. Does the flounder produce some type of antifreeze compound that prevents it from freezing solid?
The flounder is able to survive in very cold water, but only when water is in its liquid state. What property of water prevents the ocean from freezing solid when the temperature in the air is well below water's freezing point?
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