Answer these questions in the introduction of your Lab Report:
1. What is surface area?
2. What is volume?
3. How does the surface area-to-volume ratio of a small cell compare to that of a large cell?
4. Why is the relationship between surface area and volume central to many cellular processes?
5. What was the purpose of your experiment?
6. Answer these questions in the discussion and conclusion of your Lab Report:
7. What do the results of the agar blocks indicate about the relationship between cell size and diffusion rate?
8. What do the results of the agar blocks indicate about the relationship between cell size and time for materials to reach the center of the cell?
9. How does being small help cells survive?
10. Include an explanation of how the surface area-to-volume ratio, diffusion rate, and time for substances to reach the center are related. Support your explanation with data.
11. How does being made of many cells help large organisms maintain homeostasis?
12. Explain how you designed your cell, citing observations from your experiment. Be sure to include a description of how you considered the surface area-to-volume ratio.
Answer these questions in the introduction of your Lab Report:
1. What is surface area?
2. What is volume?
3. How does the surface area-to-volume ratio of a small cell compare to that of a large cell?
4. Why is the relationship between surface area and volume central to many cellular processes?
5. What was the purpose of your experiment?
6. Answer these questions in the discussion and conclusion of your Lab Report:
7. What do the results of the agar blocks indicate about the relationship between cell size and diffusion rate?
8. What do the results of the agar blocks indicate about the relationship between cell size and time for materials to reach the center of the cell?
9. How does being small help cells survive?
10. Include an explanation of how the surface area-to-volume ratio, diffusion rate, and time for substances to reach the center are related. Support your explanation with data.
11. How does being made of many cells help large organisms maintain homeostasis?
12. Explain how you designed your cell, citing observations from your experiment. Be sure to include a description of how you considered the surface area-to-volume ratio.
