LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

CELL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which organelle often takes up much of the volume of a plant cell?
A
lysosome
B
vacuole
C
mitochondrion
D
golgi apparatus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vacuoles, cellular membrane-bound organelles, are the largest compartments of cells, occupying up to 90% of the volume of plant cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Usually referred to as the endoplasmic reticulum cisternal space, the lumen of the organelle often takes up more than 10 percent of the total volume of a cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vacuoles typically compose about 30 percent of a cell’s volume, but they can fill as much as 90 percent of the intracellular space. Plant cells use vacuoles to adjust their size and turgor pressure. Vacuoles usually account for changes in cell size when the cytoplasmic volume stays constant.

Detailed explanation-4: -The vacuole (tonoplast) is one of the most significant intracellular components of plant cells, occupying nearly 90% of the cell volume.

Detailed explanation-5: -Though in plant cells, the vacuole takes up about 80-90% of the volume, thus being the largest cell organelle in a plant cell.

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