Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4.2, Problem 2BC
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To explain: The relation between the shapes of structures involved in the gas exchange and the surface area/volume ratio.
Introduction: Living organisms consist of cells and almost all cells are small in size. The large sized organisms have more number of cells instead of having larger cells. Cells are small in size so that the amount of nutrient uptake and waste export through the plasma membrane can be decreased. A cell should have an appropriate surface area to volume ration in order to sustain.
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Biology
Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 4.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 1BCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 2BCCh. 4.3 - Prob. 1BCCh. 4.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 4.3 - Prob. 2BCCh. 4.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 4.4 - Prob. 1BC
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