Surface area to volume ratio

Question 1

how to calculate surface area?

Answer 1

(length times height)times number of sides

Question 2

calculate volume equation ?

Answer 2

length X height X width

Question 3

do smaller organisms have a large or small surface areas to vol ratio ?

Answer 3

large sa to volume

Question 4

how do tiny organisms do gas exchange ?

Answer 4

small diffusion pathway =simple diffusion

Question 5

will larger organisms have adaptations to be more efficent ?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

give examples of adaptations ?

Answer 6

villi and microvilli
alveoli and bronchoioles
spiricales and tracheoles
gill filaments and lammellae
thin wide leaves
many capillaries

Question 7

give examples single celled organisms will have for gas exchange ?

Answer 7

large surface area
lots of channel and carrier proteins