pgs 86-87 Miller-Urey experiment and cell size activity

Watch the Miller-Urey experiment video together as a class.  
Pg 86

Miller-Urey experiment

Brief description of the experiment (drawing of apparatus may be helpful)
Why is this experiment important?
What did we learn from it?
Click here for more detailed information as well as a 2008 experiment where scientists re-analyzed solutions created from the lab.

pg 87

Cell Size Models

Problem    Does size affect cellular function?

Data         (s=square)

s	s2	6s2	s3	SA/V
Cell Size “s” units	Area of one face	Total surface area of cube (cell)	Volume of cube (cell)	Total surface area to volume ratio
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4

Based on your data above, how does cell size affect the cell’s ability to maintain homeostasis?