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1. What is a problem that a cell needs to overcome if its volumeis very large relative to its surface areas? How have Eukaryotesbeen able to get around this problem?

2. Do Eukaryotes with chloroplasts lack mitochondria? How doesprimary endosymbiosis differ from secondaryendosymbiosis?  

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1 In order to survivecells must constantly interact with their sorrounding environment Gases and food molecules that cell require is dissolved in water and must be absorbed and waste products of cellular metabolism must be eliminated Plasma membrane is the only passage of all materials in and out of cell As a cell grows bigger the cell mebrane enlarges also the internal volume increases The volume increases more rapidly than does the surface area of the membrane and so the relative amount of surface area available to pass materials to a unit volume of the cell steadily decreases Thus if the cell grows beyond a certain    See Answer
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