Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Give functions.
Vacuole
Advertisements
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.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Why is the cell called the structural and functional unit of life?
What would have happened? If.........
Plants lacked anthocyanin.
Give functions.
Cytoplasm
Name the part of the cell concerned with the following :
Liberation of energy
State the major function of the following :
Lysosomes
State the major function of the following :
Cytoplasm:
Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:
The organelle that controls all activities in
Identify the cellular structure with the help of the following clue:
A non-living rigid layer surrounding the plasma membrane.
Identify the cellular structure with the help of the following clue:
It gives turgidity to the plant cells.
Give two examples of cell organelles.
