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Plants have large vacuoles
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Why does a plant cell have on large vacuole?
In plant cells, large vacuoles are needed to store water. In animal cells, other things are stored in the vacuoles including food and waste, therefore there are many small vacuoles. The main reason plant's vacuoles are so big is to keep the plant from bursting. Plants can absorb too much water. Without the enlarged vacuole, the plant would burst.
What part of the cell is a storage unit?
Vacuoles is your answer. In plant cells Vacuoles are very large in animal cells vacuoles are much much smaller usually not even labelled in diagrams.
What does a vacoule do?
Vacuoles can be found in plant cells, although the plant cell only has one vacuole. A vacuole stores water, food, and enzymes, and collects unwanted waste. A vacuole is a sac used to store water for the cell. Plant cells have a large vacuole. Animal cells have small vacuoles, if they have one at all. A vacuole maintains the acidic internal pH and also the turgor and hydrostatic pressure in the cells. They also isolate the harmful substances produced by cells which can harm its health. Vacuoles also protect cells from certain bacteria and destroy any invading bacteria.
Is the vacuole found within a plant cell or animal cell?
The vacuole is found within a plant cell and animal cell. The plant cells have a large, central vacuole while animal cells have small, multiple vacuoles.
Why do plants have larger vacuoles than animals?
Some animal cells do have a central "vacuole" at certain points in their development, but typically animal cells have lysosomes. Plants need a central vacuole for: storage of water and ions (to maintain turgor or stiffness), to digest/recycle materials, and to store chemicals to fight infection. In seeds, the vacuole is also used for storage of carbohydrates and proteins to be used during germination. Animal cells are typically bathed in extracellular fluids that contain all of the water, ions and nutrients that they need. Animal cells are also not in a state of turgor, mostly due to a lack of a cell wall. Enzymatic reactions in plants cells are optimized to be efficient when the plant cell has a high water potential. Animal cells enjoy a neutral water potential. Animals also have specialized cells for nutrient storage and immune responses. In animal cells, lysosomes are used to digest/recycle materials, but that is where the similarity ends between these two organelles.
What is small in animal cells but large in plant cells?
Animal cells have small vacuoles, whereas plant cells have large vacuoles.
How are vacuoles in animal cells different from those in plant cells?
animal cells have either very small vacuoles, or no vacuoles at all, whereas plant cells have very large vacuoles.
How are the vacuoles in animal cells different from those plant cells?
animal cells have either very small vacuoles, or no vacuoles at all, whereas plant cells have very large vacuoles.
Does Animal and plant cells have Large Vacuoles?
no they do not
Does plant cells have large vacuoles?
yes
Does bacterial cells have a vacuole?
Yes. Some sulfur bacteria have vacuoles, which store gases.
Do animal cells have large valcuoles?
i think it's the plant cells that have large vacuoles, not animal.
Plant cells have very large vacuoles?
yes
What are the large storage areas for cells called?
Vacuoles
What part of the plant might have a thick cell wall and large vacuoles cell be from?
Cells of the pith of a stem generally have thick cell wall and large vacuoles. Likewise, cells of the cortex in the older parts have thick cell wall and large vacuoles.
Do plants have a vacuole?
Plant cells have vacuoles that can become large when filled with water and other waste or stored material. Animal cells do not contain vacuoles.
What type of cells have a large central vacuole?
Most mature plant cells have a large, central vacuole; other than that, most cells contain only small vacuoles. In plants, immature cells, such as developing cells in the meristem, do not have large, central vacuoles. Also, the vacuoles in cells of the vascular cambium fluctuate in both size and number, depending on the season.
