Consider a coccus and a rod of equal volume. Which is more likely to survive in a dry environment? Explain your answer Which would be better adapted to a moist environment? Explain your answer.

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Carelyn

Physics

19 December, 21:31

Consider a coccus and a rod of equal volume. Which is more likely to survive in a dry environment? Explain your answer Which would be better adapted to a moist environment? Explain your answer.

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Janelle French · Answer 1

Coccus is suitable for dry environment and a rod is better adapted for moist environment.

Explanation:

The probability of Coccus would be better suitable for a environment which is dry. A sphere posses less surface area for the volume, as such, moisture which is lost through osmosis is less in dry environment conditions.

During a moist environment, the ratio of the surface area to volume of a rod shaped bacterium is high, which allow higher efficiency to transfer water and solutes into and outside of the cell, and to make possible for a cell which is in rod shaped, have a metabolic rate higher.