Nutrient uptake and diffusion of molecules into the bacterial cell become more efficient as the surface area-to-volume ratio

Increases

Explanation:

The relationship between the surface area-to-volume ratio and nutrient uptake and diffusion of molecules into the bacterial cell is direct because increase in one (surface area-to-volume ratio) leads to a corresponding increase in efficiency in the other (nutrient uptake and diffusion of molecules into the cell)

the way that the mass of carbon can be conserved through cellular respiration is through a process/law called the law of conservation of mass which even tho it undergoes a process, mass is not be destroyed or changed

option c is the correct answer.