written by
Monica Beals, Louis J. Gross, and Susan Harrell
This website shows how the surface area to volume ratio limits the size of organisms. The page presents calculations of this ratio for cubes and spheres and contains graphs that help clarify how the ratio changes as the size of an object changes.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5587">Beals, M, L. Gross, and S. Harrell. Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. July 26, 2007.</a>
![]() M. Beals, L. Gross, and S. Harrell, (2007), WWW Document, (http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html).
![]() M. Beals, L. Gross, and S. Harrell, Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio (2007), <http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html>.
![]() Beals, M., Gross, L., & Harrell, S. (2007, July 26). Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html
![]() Beals, M, L. Gross, and S. Harrell. Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. July 26, 2007. http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html (accessed 2 May 2025).
![]() Beals, Monica, Louis Gross, and Susan Harrell. Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. 2007. 26 July 2007. 2 May 2025 <http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html>.
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