Question

How would having a large surface area to volume ratio affect diffusion rates of a cell?

Answer 1

Surface area to volume ratio, in simple means the size of surface area to the volume of substance that can pass through it at a particular time.

Amoeba and some bacteria are flat and have large surface area to volume ratio. So the diffusion rate is very high due to large surface area.

Where as humans have small surface area: volume so diffusion is very slow or does not take place at all.

Answer 2

Answer:

the larger the surface area to volume ratio the greater the rate of diffusion

the smaller the surface area to volume ratio the smaller the rate of diffusion