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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.
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Do plants require less energy than animals because they are much smaller than most animals?
Plants and animals have different metabolic processes, and plants use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into energy. While plants may be smaller than some animals, their energy needs depend more on factors like growth rate, environmental conditions, and reproductive strategies rather than just size.
Why is polyploidy a disadvantage to animals?
Polyploidy occurs with the organism has double the normal set of chromosomes. In plants this can produce larger more viable plants, but it animals this is an abnormal mutation and often fatal.
What distinguishes a humans brain from other animals?
Animals with larger brains tend to be larger than animals with smaller brains. Also, to a degree, larger brains tend to mean more complex behaviors. Yes, some mammals have more brains than humans and have less intelligence, but any mammal is more intelligent than an earthworm which only has some ganglia for a brain.
Can animals get pituitary gigantism?
Pituitary gigantism is very common among several animals. This is when the hormone regulation results in a larger than normal animal.
Which animal does not grow larger than the tiger?
Brown bear
Why are there fewer vacuoles in plants than in animals?
more cells in plants.
What is the major physical difference between vacuoles in a plant and vacuoles in an animal?
Plant cells central vacuole is much larger than an animals vacuoles.
Why are vacuol larger in plants?
plants need more water than animals do
What organelle has a large version in plant cells and a smaller version of itself in animal cells?
The vacuole. Most animals, however, do not have vacuoles and when I took biology I was confused when my teacher told me this. But yes to answer your question the organelle that is larger in plants than in animals is the vacuole.
For what reason are plant vacuoles larger than animal vacuoles?
Animal vacuoles are just ment to store dissolved minerals but the plant's vacuole is so big so that it can fush of the cell wall for support. That's why plants are standing up straight.
Why is the plant cell vacuole bigger than a animal cell's?
Plant vacuoles are bigger than animal vacuoles because plants store their food in vacuoles because as you know that is the job of the vacuole. We as animals don't store our food we waste food while plants don't waste.
Is Vacuoles smaller or larger in plant cells rather than animal cells?
It Is Larger!!
What is vacuole mean?
the vacuole is an organelle inside all cells that stores food in the cell. plants have much larger vacuoles than animals because plants need to store food for longer periods of time in case of lack of nutrients, sunlight, water, etc. while animals may move around to find and consume food.
What structure is large and single in a plant cell but small and numerous in an animal cell?
The vacuoles of plant cells are much larger than the vacuoles of animal cells, however most animal cells do not have vacuoles.
Do desert plants have vacuoles?
Yes, desert plants have vacuoles. Vacuoles are present in plant cells and play a crucial role in storing water, nutrients, and waste products, which is particularly important for desert plants to survive in arid environments.
Is the population of plants larger or smaller than animals in the Tropical Rainforest?
Yes because before humans came the world used to have plants all over we cut most but there is still more plants than animals.
Why do plant cells have larger vacuoles than animal cells?
Plant cell's vacuoles are expanded because of the amount of water.--------------------------Plant cells have bigger vacuoles filled with cell sap. When you water a plant, the water collects in the vacuole and makes it stiff. This is why plants wilt if they don't get enough water.If you mean vacuoles, in plants they serve as a large source of ions and glucose, stabilise pH and remain turgidity in order to push chloroplasts up against the surface of the cell to facilitate photosynthesis. In plant cells they can account for between 30-80% of the cell's volume.In animal cells, where present, vacuoles only provide subordinate roles to do with exo and endocytosis.They have larger vacuoles because plants have to store a large amount of food and waste. They cannot move so they need something to store. That is why they have larger vacuoles.
