Question

As a cell's volume increases, what happens to the proportional amount of surface area?

Answer 1

the surface area increases but not in the same ratio as the volume, so the surface area to volume decreases.

Explanation:

any object when it increases in size both the outer surface area and the volume increase as these values depend on the dimensions of this object, like the side length of the cube or the radius of the sphere. but dividing the surface area by the volume we get 6/d where d is the side length in a cube and diameter in a sphere, and in both cases since d is in the denominator, then the ratio will decrease as the size increases