Surface-to-Volume Ratio Flashcards
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Surface-to-Volume Ratio (definition)
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By this ratio, an object’s volume increases with the cube of its diameter, but its surface area increases only with the square.
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Surface-to-Volume Ratio
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• When a cell expands in diameter, its volume increases faster than its surface area doesIf the cell gets too big, the inward flow of nutrients and the outward flow of wastes across that membrane will not be fast enough to keep the cell alive.
