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Is it better to have a big surface area with a small volume or small surface area with a big volume?
It doesnt matter at all, because the volume immobilizes the size of the needed surface to cover the whole thing in order to view it as a separated 'space'. The shape of the whole thing has no influence at all. The bigger the volume, the larger the surface & vice versa.
What are adaptations for the surface area to volume ratio?
When an animal for example an elephant has a large surface area to volume ratio (big animals) it can lose heat easier which is an adaptation to survive the climate in which they live
How does your body adopt surface area to volume ratio to help exchange gases-?
The skin surface is not large enough for big creatures such as humans; therefore we have structures in our lungs that greatly increase the surface area.
Consider eight little spheres of mercury each with a diameter of 1mm When they coalesce to form a single sphere how big will it be How does its surface area compare with the total surface area of?
The total volume of the new sphere will be 4 times less than the sum of all eight individual volumes. The total surface area will be about half than the total surface area of all individual balls.
What is the effect of dividing a big particle into smaller ones on the total exposed surface area?
The total surface area increases.
