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What happens to the surface are as the cubes get larger?

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the surface area to volume ratio - SA:V ratio decreases.
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Answer:

As a cell grows bigger, its internal volume enlarges and the cell membrane expands. Unfortunately, the volume increases more rapidly than does the surface area, and so the relative amount of surface area available to pass materials to a unit volume of the cell steadily decreases.

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