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How does surface to volume ratio to the size of a cell?
As the cell gets bigger, the surface to volume ratio gets smaller.
how does surface to volume relate to the size of a cell?
As the cell gets bigger, the surface to volume ratio gets smaller.
How does surface-to-volume ratio relate to the size of the cell?
As the cell gets bigger, the surface to volume ratio gets smaller.
What is the relationship between the surface area to volume ratio of a cell and its size?
The larger the surface area to volume ratio of a cell, the smaller its size (and vice versa).
Which cell has the greater surface area compared to its volume the large cell or one of the smaller cells?
A smaller cell has a higher surface area to volume ratio. A reason for this is volume is cubic (3D) and surface area is 2D so when surface area increases a little bit, the volume increases exponentially. And when the surface area shrinks a little bit, the volume decreases exponentially.
The relationship of cell size?
If you are talking about the relationship of cell size with cell volume..The smaller the cell, the healthier. This is because cell volume is expressed in units to the third power. Cell surface area is expressed in units to the second power. Therefore, cell volume grows exponentially quicker than cell surface area. Smaller cells are at an advantage, so they can transport enough substances through its membranes to support its volume. Source: I'm a sophomore in high school, taking biology we learned this in the beginning of the school year.
What happens to the volume and surface area of a cell as a cell becomes larger?
They both increase with increasing cell radius (if we model a cell as a sphere). However, the rate of increase of the surface area is in general slower (dA/dr = 8πr) compared to the rate of increase of the volume (dV/dr = 4πr2). This would mean that with increasing cell size, the surface area to volume ratio is becoming smaller and smaller, giving a cell less surface area for the transport of nutrients for a given unit volume.
True or False The smaller a cell is the more difficult it is for the cell to move enough materials across its cell membrane?
False. A smaller cell has a higher ratio of surface area to volume, making moving the amount of required nutrients simpler.
How does surface to volume ratio relate to the size of a cell?
As the cell gets bigger, the surface to volume ratio gets smaller.
As a cell becomes smaller its surface-area-to-volume ratio?
The surface area to volume ratio decreases - assuming the shape remains similar.
Is the surface-area-to-volume ratio of a small cell less than that of a larger cell?
As a cell becomes larger the surface area to volume ratio gets smaller. The volume increases by the square of the surface area. That is the main reason that one celled organisms are small.
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.
