As an Animal Increases in Size

Question

As an animal increases in size
A)body length increases in direct proportion to body volume.
B)body length increases more rapidly than body volume.
C)body length increases more slowly than body volume.
D)none of the choices is correct.

Accepted Answer

As animals increase in size, their volume increases much more quickly than their length. This is because volume is related to the cube of the animal's dimensions (length x width x height), while length is only related to one dimension. Therefore, as an animal gets larger, its volume increases exponentially while its length only increases linearly.