1. CELL DIVERSITY pp

2. Why are cells so small?

3. Volume increases quicker than the surface area can keep up

4. What does this mean for the cell?

5. Cell size

6. What does this mean for the cell?
INCREASES SURFACE AREA
The smaller the volume the more surface area to do work
Increases amount of membrane available to do work
I.E. Chloroplast: more area to absorb sunlight

8. DECREASES OVERALL SIZE
Distance to center increases as cell size increases
Difficulty exchanging materials (such as nutrients, oxygen, and waste products) across the cell or in and out of the cell

11. Compartmentalization
Eukaryotes are much bigger than prokaryotes and require organelles to do a specific job to maintain homeostasis
These organelles are membrane bound and have a higher surface area to do work
EX. Mitochondria or the endoplasmic reticulum

13. Types of Cells
Cells have become specialized (i.e. epithelial vs nerve cell) to do a specific job in the body
The cell shape is related to function of the cell