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How might the surface area to volume ratio affect the ability of a cell to take in and use nutrients from its environment?

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Firstly, we have to say that the rate of metabolism of a cell is a function of its mass, whereas the rate of exchange of materials and heat energy that metabolism generates is a function of the cell's surface area. Basically that's how it works

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