AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CELL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ stores food, water, wastes, and other materials in both plant and animal cells.
A
Vacuole
B
Mitochondria
C
Ribosomes
D
Chromatin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “vacuole” means “empty space”. They help in the storage and disposal of various substances. They can store food or other nutrients required by a cell to survive. They also store waste products and prevent the entire cell from contamination.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vacuoles are membrane-bound organelles that can be found in both animals and plants. In a way, they’re specialized lysosomes. That is to say that their function is really to handle waste products, and by handle, mean take in waste products and also get rid of waste products.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cells also have membrane-bound spaces called vacuoles for the temporary storage. A vacuole can store water, waste products, food, and other cellular materials.

Detailed explanation-4: -The vacuole holds large amounts of water or food. Don’t forge that vacuoles can also hold the plant waste products. Those waste products are slowly broken into small pieces that cannot hurt the cell. Vacuoles hold onto things that the cell might need, just like a backpack.

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