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If a cell's surface area was increased by 4 by how many times would its volume increase?
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∙ 15y ago
yes the volume would inrease!!!
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Do cells divide to have a smaller surface area?
No. In fact, if they retain their combined volume, their surface area would increase.
What happens to the surface area volume ratio of you increase the volume of a cell?
The important point is that the surface area to the volume ratio gets smaller as the cell gets larger.Thus, if the cell grows beyond a certain limit, not enough material will be able to cross the membranefast enough to accommodate the increased cellular volume.When this happens, the cell must divide into smaller cells with favorable surface area/volume ratios, or cease to function.That is why cells are so small.
What does a cell need to do to increase its surface area?
To increase surface area, a cell will have to grow. But most cells have restraints that interfere with too much growth. Only cancer cells don't bide by the rules.
What can large cells do that will increase their total surface area to volume ratio?
By adding elongated extensions to the cell the surface area to volume ratio will be increased. One good example of a type of cell that can get very large but still have adequate oxygen diffusion rates is a neuron, some of which can have meters long axons in some animals.Flatten it. The shape should be as far from spherical, and the cross section as far from circular as possible.
Why do smaller cells have a greater surface area to volume ratio?
If the cells are spherical, the surface area increases as the square of the radius while the volume increases as the cube of the radius. Therefore, as the cells become larger, their volumes increase much more rapidly than their surface areas. Conversely, as the cells become smaller, their volumes decrease much more rapidly that their areas and so the surface area to volume increase. With non-spherical cells the calculations are much more complex, but the general pattern still applies.
How many neurons and intestinal cells each have greatly increased surface area?
A sufficiently high ratio of surface area to volume is especially important in cells that exchange a lot of material with their surroundings.
How are some cells modified to increase their ability to absorb materials?
The surface area can be increased so that it can absorb more materials. The microvilli protrude from the epithelial cells lining.
What is ratio of surface area to volume?
surface area/ volume. wider range of surface area to volume is better for cells.
What happens to a cells surface as a volume ratio as a cell gets bigger?
It decreases. As the dimensions increase by a number, the surface area increases by the same number to the power of 2, but the volume increases by the same number to the power of 3, meaning that the volume increases faster than the surface area.
Are blue whale cells bigger than human cells?
No, they are not. The surface areas of cell must increase exponentially in order to compensate for the large increase in cell volume, so to solve this problem multicellular organisms simply have more cells as opposed to larger cells.
What is the surface area to volume ratio?
surface area/ volume. wider range of surface area to volume is better for cells.
How do some single-celled organisms increase their surface-area-to-volume ratio and surpass the size limits that constrain spherical cells?
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