0
the ration of volume to cell surface is the biggest factor. if it gets too big, it will take too long to transport necessary molecules form the cytoplasmic mebrane or nucleus out to the environmment or vica versa. size is usually regulated by genes encoded in the DNA.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 16y agoOne factor would be the size of the cell membrane. Cells obtain nutrients and eliminate wastes through the cell membrane. A cell must have a membrane surface large enough for all of the needed exchanges to take place with the environment. As cells increase in size, their need for nutrients increases, as does their production of wastes. Therefore, larger cells require a larger membrane surface area for survival.
The nucleus controls many of the cell's activities. It also has an effect on cell size. Control is vital to cell functions, and the nucleus can control only a limited amount of living, active cytoplasm. The scope of nuclear control, therefore, can limit the size of cells.
Wiki User
∙ 7y agoThe relationship between the surface area of the membrane and the volume of the contents of the cell.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agothe surface to volume ratio
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are limiting factors?
A resource whose availability limits the size of a population is a limiting factor. Food is a limiting factor when there is not enough food available to feed the entire population. Any resource can be a limiting factor for population size.
What is the factor that controls the growth of a population?
the fitest survive
What is a chameleons limiting factor?
Food supplies can be one limiting factor.
What is a limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways regardless of the population's size?
Density-independent limiting factor including sunlight, food, water, shelter, space, oxygen, and yeah
What is a sentence with the word limiting factor in it?
The biggest limiting factor to attending college are high tuitions.One limiting factor in the high jump is the height of the participant.Her weight became a limiting factor when the photographer wanted a thin model.
What is the main limiting factor of cell size?
The main factor limiting the size of cells is the surface area to volume ratio.
Why is surface area an important factor in limiting factor in limiting cell growth?
The materials entering or leaving a cell need to pass through the cell surface.
What is the usual response the population size of many species to a density independent limiting factor?
A population size decrease is the usual response in the population size of many species to a density-independent limiting factor. Not enough food is an example of a limiting factor.
What is a limiting factor for the A limiting factor in an ecosystem is a needed resource that is in limited supply what would be a limiting factor for a predator species?
Study Island: the population size of their prey
What do limiting factor control?
Size of population
What are limiting factors?
A resource whose availability limits the size of a population is a limiting factor. Food is a limiting factor when there is not enough food available to feed the entire population. Any resource can be a limiting factor for population size.
What i's the usual response in the population size of many species to a density independent limiting factor?
tits
What is a limiting factor with regard to population size?
yes I does
Limiting factor of gorilla?
I would say their size?
What is a factor that has the greatest effect in keeping down the size of a population?
limiting factor
What kind of limiting factor depends on the population size?
Resources such as food, water, space for shelter are some.
What is difference between density independent and density dependent limiting factors?
A density dependent factor is a limiting factor that depends on population size. A Density-independent limiting factor affects all populations in similar ways, regardless of the population size. Its in my Biology book.
