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Zinaida [17]
3 years ago
14

If a large surface area is helpful to cells, why do cells not grow to be very large?

Biology
2 answers:
slava [35]3 years ago
8 0
T<span>he </span>surface area<span> to the volume ratio gets smaller as the </span>cell<span> gets </span>larger<span>. Thus, </span>if<span> the </span>cell grows<span> beyond a certain limit, </span>not<span> enough material will be able to cross the membrane fast enough to accommodate the increased cellular volume.
   ~Hope it helps
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elena55 [62]3 years ago
3 0
Because a cell needs to take in a certain amount of energy & nutrients, and remove a certain amount of waste, in order to maintain itself. 
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