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Why is it advantageous for an organism to have many smaller cells instead of fewer larger ones?
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Cells can only grow so large because the surface to volume ratio decreases with size. This ratio needs to remain large because it allows a better interface w/ other cells per size: the cell could not survive if it was too large.
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What is the smaller organism an larger organism called symbiotic relationship?
myccorhizae.
What is the advantage of using larger lamps instead of smaller lamps?
The area of illumination is larger.
What is the main difference a uni-cellular organism and a multi-cellular organism in the way that life processes are carried out?
The difference is that a unicellular organism has one cell and has a shorter life, is much smaller, and has a larger amount of predators. A multicellular organism has a larger size meaning less predators and larger animals, longer life because unlike unicellular organism who just die after losing its only cell a multicellular organism stays alive, and a big difference is multicellular organism have specialized cells like heart muscle cells, and brain cells.
Which is smaller a eukaryotic organism or a prokaryotic organism?
Eukaryotes have organelles, like the mitochondria, which we think were prokaryotes a very long time ago. To fit these organelles inside their cytoplasm, the eukaryotes would have to be larger.
What organism which feeds on but usually does not kill a larger organism?
Scavengers
What is the smaller organism an larger organism called symbiotic relationship?
myccorhizae.
What is the advantage of using larger lamps instead of smaller lamps?
The area of illumination is larger.
Why is it more advantageous to domesticate horses instead of llamas?
Horses are much more versatile. They are larger, faster, stronger and they don't spit.
Is it advantageous to have larger wind turbine?
Nothing
What are the advantages of a micro camera?
A micro camera is advantageous as it allows you to have a smaller camera that has the same capabilities as a larger camera. You can use large gigabyte memory cards, which is great.
What assumptions can be made about the size of a cell?
That it is smaller than the whole of a multicellular organism, and that it is larger than the individual atoms and molecules that it is made of.
What is one benefit to an organism of being large?
It takes less cells to do the job. If you cut yourself, then your body can send less cells to heal the wound compared to when the cells are smaller. You need more cells when you are smaller then when you have the larger cells.
What is smaller when its larger and larger when its smaller?
Negative Numbers.
What is the main difference a uni-cellular organism and a multi-cellular organism in the way that life processes are carried out?
The difference is that a unicellular organism has one cell and has a shorter life, is much smaller, and has a larger amount of predators. A multicellular organism has a larger size meaning less predators and larger animals, longer life because unlike unicellular organism who just die after losing its only cell a multicellular organism stays alive, and a big difference is multicellular organism have specialized cells like heart muscle cells, and brain cells.
In degrees of intensity you have to go larger to smaller?
in degrees of intensity you have 2 go larger to smaller not smaller to larger
Which is smaller a eukaryotic organism or a prokaryotic organism?
Eukaryotes have organelles, like the mitochondria, which we think were prokaryotes a very long time ago. To fit these organelles inside their cytoplasm, the eukaryotes would have to be larger.
What is larger when its smaller and smaller when its smaller?
I'm not sure you phrased that correctly. You might be thinking of a negative number, which is said to be smaller when it's larger and larger when it's smaller.
