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Causal information and proportionality

Title: Causal information and proportionality

Description: Consider the following paragraph:

The logistics of carrying out metabolism set limits on cell size. Metabolic requirements also impose upper limits on the size that is practical for a single cell. As an object of a particular shape increases in size, its volume grows proportionately more than its surface area. Metabolic requirements also impose upper limits on the size that is practical for a single cell. As an object of a particular shape increases in size, its volume grows proportionately more than its surface area. Thus, the smaller the object, the greater its ratio of surface area to volume. A high surface-to-volume ratio facilitates the exchange of materials between a cell and its environment.

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Users Vinay K Chaudhri
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Competency Questions What factors limit the cell size?

Why are cells so small? Why cant cells have a diameter of 1 meters?

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This problem arose in the context of modeling textbook knowledge for Project Halo. http://www.projecthalo.com

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