As a cell grows,
A)the relationship between its surface area and volume remains unchanged.
B)its surface area increases to a lesser degree than its volume.
C)its volume increases to a lesser degree than its surface area.
D)its requirement for nutrients increases to a lesser degree than its requirement for oxygen.

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As a cell grows, its volume increases at a faster rate than its surface area. This causes the cell to eventually have a surface area to volume ratio that is too small to efficiently exchange nutrients and waste with its environment, which limits the cell's size.

As a Cell Grows