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A Prokaryotic Cell with a Rigid Cell Wall Is Limited

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A prokaryotic cell with a rigid cell wall is limited in how large it can grow.A eukaryotic cell, with a flexible cell membrane, is able to grow much larger.The primary reason for this is that


A) the flexible cell membrane in a eukaryotic cell allows for infolding, increasing surface area.
B) there are no surface area-to-volume constraints on a eukaryotic cell.
C) eukaryotic cells have mitochondria, which require the cell to be larger.
D) eukaryotic cells have a cytoskeleton, which allows for a smaller surface area-to-volume ratio.
E) eukaryotic cells must to be large to accommodate food vacuoles.

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