IGCSE Chemistry

Saturday, January 12, 2019

2.51 understand why simple, unicellular organisms can rely on diffusion for movement of substances in and out of the cell

Explanation:
-unicellular organisms have a LARGE surface area to volume ratio, as they are small.
-because of this, diffusion distance is short, so it has an EFFICIENT rate of diffusion.
Therefore, unicellular organisms can rely on diffusion as a transport mechanism.

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