Why is it beneficial for cells to be small? Select all that apply.

a. to quickly move waster products out of the cell

b. to create a small surface area to volume ratio

c. a small size slows down material exchange, which is beneficial to the cell

d. to facilitatee faster cellular reproduction

e. to allow sufficient nutrients to enter the cell

a. to quickly move waster products out of the cell

e. to allow sufficient nutrients to enter the cell

Explanation:

Smaller cells have larger surface area to volume ratio which means that more of their surface is in contact with the surroundings. The more of the surface area exposed to surroundings facilitate diffusion of waste out of the cells and entry of nutrients into the cells. Since exchange of materials is supported by larger surface area to volume ratio, cells have a smaller size.

The correct answers are-

a. to quickly move waster products out of the cell.

d. to facilitatee faster cellular reproduction and

e. to allow sufficient nutrients to enter the cell.

Exlanation:

As a cell become larger its surface to volume ratio decrease which decreases the surface area for passing substance per unit volume of the cell. Therefore passing of nutrients and waste products across cells is difficult and slower in bigger cells.

As the surface area to volume ratio of small cells is higher, waste products move out of cells quickly and nutrient moves inside the cells at high speed. So in a smaller cell, the diffusion rate of substance is faster than a larger cell.

A small cell can replicate faster than a larger cell because it takes less time to divide a smaller cell than a bigger cell. Therefore the right answer is a, d, and e.