Explain why surface area-to-volume ratios are important in affecting a biological system’s ability to obtain necessary resources

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olga nikolaevna [1]

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Explain why surface area-to-volume ratios are important in affecting a biological system’s ability to obtain necessary resources

or eliminate waste products.

Advanced Placement (AP)

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Tasya [4] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-19T17:11:46+03:00

These ratios are super important for communication between cells, getting things into cells, getting rid of waste and pretty much all functions of a cell. Think about some dough. If it is in a ball, it will be pretty hard to get something to all of its parts. Now if this dough is rolled out into a sheet, whatever we are trying to get to the rest of the dough can be easily added to all of it.