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What is a cell with a surface area and limits the cells size called?
A cell with a surface area that limits its size is called a small cell or a cell with a high surface area-to-volume ratio. This ratio influences the efficiency of nutrient absorption and waste elimination in the cell.
What limits most cells to a very size?
The surface area-to-volume ratio of the cell.
What limits most cells to a small size?
The surface area-to-volume ratio of the cell.
Why can't cells grow bigger than they are?
To have better control of metabolic activities in living cells there is optimum cytoplasm to nucleus size ratio called C/N ratio. To maintain this proportion the cells can not grow bigger than they are. However, to perform special functions cells may be of variable size. For example, fiber cells are very large and elongated, vessels are broader and perforated.
What is the main limiting factor of cell size?
The main factor limiting the size of cells is the surface area to volume ratio.
What limits the size cells?
cell size is limiteb by the ratio of the suface area to volume as the cell becomes longer this rate decreases at some size a cells suface area will become too small for materials to enter the cell quickly enough to meet the cells need
What happens to cells as organisms grow?
individual cells grows in size, but there are limits to the size that cells can reach. cells need a high ratio of surface area to volume in order to function. as a cell grows, that ratio decreases. when the cell divides into two smaller cells, the ratio of surface area to volume for each cell increases.
What direction influences the shape and size of a sand dune?
The wind influences the shape and size of a sand dune.
Cells are limited in size by their surface Ares and what else?
Cell size is limited by volume.Surface area to volume ratio (surface area / volume)Nucleo-cytoplasmic ratioFragility of cell membraneMechanical structures necessary to hold the cell together (and the contents of the cell in place)
What is a sampling ratio?
It is the ratio between the size of the sample and the size of the population.
What ratio increases when a cell divides into two smaller cells?
The surface area to volume ratio increases when a cell divides into two smaller cells. This is important for efficient nutrient exchange and waste removal as the cell size decreases.
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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