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How do you compare the surface are to volume ratio of cells of different size?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
You need to:* Calculate the surface area
* Calculate the volume
* Divide the surface area by the volume
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago- Calculate the surface area = A
- Calculate the volume = V
- Divide A by V.
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What is ratio of surface area to volume?
surface area/ volume. wider range of surface area to volume is better for cells.
What is the surface area to volume ratio?
surface area/ volume. wider range of surface area to volume is better for cells.
Which statements about the ratio of cell surface area to cell volume is are correct?
Larger cells will have a greater surface area-to-volume.
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)
Is true that small cells have larger surface area to volume rations than do larger cells?
Cell have a greater surface area to volume rations than a larger cell.
Why are groups of a small cells better than one large cell at moving material in and out?
they have a greater surface-to-volume ratio
What happens to a cell ratio of surface area to volume as the cells volume increases rapidly than its surface area?
The cell's ratio of surface area to volume would decrease if its volume increases more rapidly than its surface area.
Why is a cell's size limited?
because the diffusion of a cell. and the volume surface area of the cell.
What ratio influences the size of cells?
Surface area to volume ratio
The area of a cells outer surface in relationship to its volume is?
cell membrane
What happens the surface to volume ratio when the cell becomes larger?
When cells get smaller, the volume (as well as mass) decreases faster than the surface area so the surface:volume increases. Cells with a high surface:volume are more effective in receiving nutrients through diffusion. A cell (assume perfect sphere) with radius 2 has a surface area of 16pi and volume of 32pi/3. A cell with radius 3 has a surface area of 36pi and volume of 108pi/3. Also relatively speaking, volume can be thought of as y=x3 and surface area as y=x2. When there is a change in x, the change is more dramatic in the volume, so small cells have high ratios and large cells have low ratios.
What happens to a cell ratio of surface area to volume as the cells volume increases more rapidly than its surface are?
The cell's ratio of surface area to volume would decrease. However, this scenario is extremely unlikely.
