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I just learned about this in school. They need to be small in the ratio to make them more efficent in having molecules enter and leave them quickley.

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What limits most cells to a small size?

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What Limits Most Cells to a Very Small Cell?

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Why can small cells exchange substances more readily than large cells?

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What ratio increases when a cell divides into smaller cells?

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Cells are limited in size by their surface Ares and what else?

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Why are metabolically active cells limited to very small sizes?

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