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Relate ratio of surface area to volume to cell growth and cell division?
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y ago
As a cell grows, its volume increases faster than its surface area, leading to a decreased surface area-to-volume ratio. This decrease in ratio can impact nutrient exchange and waste removal, potentially affecting cell function. During cell division, a higher surface area-to-volume ratio is crucial for the exchange of materials between the newly formed cells and their environment.
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How do plant cells combat the surface-area -to-volume ratio problem?
cell division
Does the cells volume increase when a cell divides?
Yes, the cell's volume typically increases before it divides. This growth phase is known as interphase, and during this stage, the cell accumulates the necessary nutrients and organelles to support division. Once division occurs, the cell splits into two daughter cells, each with its own original volume.
How might the surface area to volume affect the ratio affect the abilty of a cell to take in and use nutrients from its environment?
Larger surface area can be favourable to increased rated of exchange whereas greater cell volume can be unfavourabe. Being a three dimensional structure the rate in which volume grows is higher than the rate of surface area growth.
What does a cell need to do to increase its surface area?
To increase surface area, a cell will have to grow. But most cells have restraints that interfere with too much growth. Only cancer cells don't bide by the rules.
Fertilized egg enters cell division without further growth in volume?
This process is called cleavage. Cleavage is a series of rapid cell divisions without cell growth that occurs immediately after fertilization to form a multicellular embryo. Each division results in smaller and smaller cells called blastomeres.
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.
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.
Why are volume and surface area alike?
Think of surface area as your skin and volume as all the contents inside your body. So they relate because surface area can hold volume or volume could be inside the surface area.
How does the surface are to volume ratio relate to the cell membrane?
they're cousins
What are the two limits of cell growth?
The limits of cell growth are typically determined by the availability of nutrients and growth factors in the environment, as well as the capacity of the cell to efficiently remove waste and manage cellular processes. Additionally, cell growth can be limited by physical constraints such as lack of space or excessive crowding in a tissue or culture.
How do plant cells combat the surface-area -to-volume ratio problem?
cell division
How is a cell's potential growth affected by its ration of surface area to volume?
Volume grows exponentially in relation to surface area as both expand to allow an organism to grow. As such, because it takes more mass to fill the surface area, growth slows down at larger sizes.
How does vaporization relate to evaporation and boiling.?
Vaporization occur at the boiling point and from the total volume of the liquid.Evaporation occur at any temperature but only from the surface of the liquid.
How might the surface area to volume affect the ratio affect the abilty of a cell to take in and use nutrients from its environment?
Larger surface area can be favourable to increased rated of exchange whereas greater cell volume can be unfavourabe. Being a three dimensional structure the rate in which volume grows is higher than the rate of surface area growth.
What are three purposes of Cell Division?
growth developement and repair
What is characteristic of a living organism?
Energy in, Waste out, Reproduction, Response to Environment, Growth/Repair, and has an acceptable surface area to volume ratio/
