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When a cell's volume becomes too great for the surface area to maintain the cell will
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When a cell's volume becomes too great for the surface area to maintain the cell will

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It will either have to divide or it will die.

This is because of the surface to volume ratio...as the cell grows, its surface to volume ratio gets smaller. It gets much more difficult to transport nutrients in and waste out.
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