CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL CYCLE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The cell gets too big to process and transport nutrients
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New cells are needed for growth
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DNA cannot be copied quickly enough in large cells
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Surface area-to-volume ratio becomes too large
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Detailed explanation-1: -2. Which of the following is NOT a reason why a cell would undergo division? Cell growth is not a reason why cells divide. Cells divide to repair or reproduce.
Detailed explanation-2: -So if a cell grows larger instead of dividing, diffusion will be too slow and the cell will not be able to obtain nutrients and get rid of wastes efficiently, which ultimately would kill the cell. Thus, cells divide so that an organism can get bigger, despite the fact that cell size is limited.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cells need to divide for your body to grow and for body tissue such as skin to continuously renew itself. When a cell divides, the outer membrane increasingly pinches inward until the new cells that are forming separate from each other. This process typically produces two new (daughter) cells from one (parent) cell.