The following table lists the intracellular osmolality concentrations of four osmoconforming organisms that are known to mimic the osmotic conditions of their surroundings.

If a large amount of salt was added to the sealed tank where organism 4 was being kept, what would be the effect on the intracellular osmolality of organism 4?
(A) Increase initially and then return to the initial state
(B) Increase and maintain the increased state
(C) Decrease and then return to the initial state
(D) Decrease and maintain the decreased state

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Table 1. Osmolality concentrations of osmoconforming organisms Organism 1 100 m0sm kg-¹ Organism 2 400 m0sm kg-¹ Organism 3 500 mOsm kg-¹ Organism 4 150 m0sm kg¹ Organism 5 350 m0sm kg-¹