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Question
Give functions.
Vacuole
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Solution 1
- To maintain the osmotic pressure of the cell.
- To store metabolic byproducts and end products. (Glycogen, proteins, water, etc).
- In animal cell, they store waste products and food, while in amoeba it stores food before digestion.
- In plant cell, vacuoles are full of cell sap and provide turgidity, rigidity to them.
Solution 2
Functions of vacuoles:
- The main function of vacuoles is to store food in a cell.
- They also help in storing and expelling wastes and toxic by-products of metabolic reactions.
- They help in maintaining the turgidity and rigidity of a cell.
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