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Explain why cells are so small, considering the relationship between surface area and volume for objects of different sizes but similar shapes. Please answer as if you were a seventh grader! This needs
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Explain why cells are so small, considering the relationship between surface area and volume for objects of different sizes but similar shapes. Please answer as if you were a seventh grader! This needs to be answered fast!

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Cells are small so they can maximise the ratio of surface area to volume.

That's the short answer, hope this helped
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