0
A cell becomes smaller its surface area to volume ratio does what?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
If the surface area of a cell or of any object is increased, then the surface:volume increases as well, assuming the volume is kept constant (done by folding plasma membrane or other surface inwards, as with the small intestine, brain, cell, mitochondria, etc.).
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoIt will increase, making it easier to exchange substances more readily then large cells. Therefore it means that substances doesn't have to travel as far to reach the center of smaller cell.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoSince there is nothing "following", the answer is none of them!
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe rate of reactions with the outside slow down. This may not always be a bad thing: for example, plants may make their leaves curl up so that they lose less water during hot spells.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe surface area ratio will increase
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why do things that have a bigger surface area volume ratio dry faster than things with a smaller surface area volume ratio?
Because evaporation happens at the surface.
Why does the Arctic fox have smaller surface area to volume ratio compared with a British fox?
The smaller the surface area, the less body heat the animal will lose. So small surface area to volume ratios are great in cold environments.
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.
How does surface volume ratio relate to a limit on cell expansion?
If a surface area:volume ratio gets too small, then it is difficult for the cell to absorb/expell substances, and substances must travel a long way to exit or leave the cell. This means that a cell will want a large surface area:volume ratio. However, the surface area:volume ratio decreases as a cell expands. Because of this, a cell will reach a certain point where expanding any more will cause the cell to become inefficient due to its low surface:area to volume ratio. Therefore, cells are limited by the efficiency of their ratio; they will not grow to a size where their ratio becomes too inefficient.
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.
As a cell becomes smaller its surface-area-to-volume ratio?
The surface area to volume ratio decreases - assuming the shape remains similar.
How does surface to volume ratio to the size of a cell?
As the cell gets bigger, the surface to volume ratio gets smaller.
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.
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.
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.
What happens to the surface area to volume ratio when folds are made in a cell's outer membrane?
The surface area to volume ratio will increase
Why do things that have a bigger surface area volume ratio dry faster than things with a smaller surface area volume ratio?
Because evaporation happens at the surface.
how does surface to volume relate to the size of a 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).
What happens to a cells surface area to volume ratio as it gets smaller?
It increases.
Why do larger animals keep their body heat better than smaller animals?
This is because of the surface to volume ratio. A small mammal has a larger surface area, as compared to its volume, than a large mammal does, so a small mammal's surface area to volume ratio is bigger. A large surface to volume ratio causes things to pass into the organism and out of the organism more easily, so a mammal with a large surface to volume ratio (a small mammal) will lose heat more easily in a cold environment than a mammal with a small surface to volume ratio (a large mammal).
How do you calculate the surface-area-to-volume-ratio?
The surface-area-to-volume ratio may be calculated as follows: -- Find the surface area of the shape. -- Find the volume of the shape. -- Divide the surface area by the volume. The quotient is the surface-area-to-volume ratio.
