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Plant cells have a large vacuole due to the amount of water the cell must hold to maintain its shape. The water in the vacuole creates something called turgor pressure. When the vacuole has lots of water, the turgor is high and pushes against the cell wall so the cell is rigid. When vacuole has little water, the turgor is low so the cell is flaccid.

Animal cells don't have to worry so much since our cells are already in an aqueous environment and get water in lots of other ways.

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Plant cells have one large vacuole, which plays an important role in the rigidity and turgor pressure of the cell.

Animal cells do not need the same kind of function from their vacuoles, so the size and number of vacuoles in different cells will differ (depending on the type of cell). These are generally small, probably because they do not fulfil any major function. Some animal cells do not have any vacuoles.

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Plants cells need a constant supply of water, and therfore have a large storgage space for water. Animals however, posess the ablity to move around in their enviroments, and therfore large storage spaces for water are unecessary. Animals can find their own water, and are quite good at it. Hope this helped! :)

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they are large due to they are very small in animal cells and vey large in plant cells.....popat.....hahahahah

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