Surface-Area-To-Volume Ratios Indicate

question 37

Multiple Choice

Surface-area-to-volume ratios indicate

• A) cells must exceed a certain minimum size.
• B) as cells get larger, their surface area actually decreases.
• C) that the largest cells have a less proportionate need for food intake and waste removal.
• D) a chicken egg is one cell which demonstrates the upper limit for metabolizing cell size.
• E) as cells get larger, their surface area gets larger but at a slower rate than the volume increases.

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