Quick Lab PG 275 SA To V

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Biology A

Name Date Period


Chapter 10 QUICK LAB – page 275

0.01 cm 3 cm 4 cm 5cm 6 cm
Surface Area =
6 x l2

Volume =
l x l x l = l3

Surface area to
Volume Ratio

Simplest Ratio

Analyze and Conclude

(1) Describe the function of a cell membrane and its relationship to what happens within a cell.

(2) How does the surface area change when a large cell divides into smaller cells that have the same total
volume?

(3) What happens to the effectiveness of the processes of diffusion and osmosis, as a cell gets larger? As a
cell gets smaller?

(4) So why are cells—even of the largest organism—( a Blue Whale) so small?

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