Question

Utah’s Great Salt Lake has an extraordinarily large amount of salt. The water is basic, and oxygen is present. Which extremophile can thrive in this environment?(1 point)
Responses

anaerobes
anaerobes

halophiles
halophiles

acidophiles
acidophiles

endoliths

Answer 1

The extremophile that can thrive in the environment of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, which has a high salt concentration and basic water, is **halophiles**. Halophiles are organisms that thrive in high-salinity environments.