Question

Central vacuole occupies 10-20% of cell volume.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

1. Vacuoles are membrane bound sacs which contain non-living or liquid content.
2. There are 3 types of vacuoles:

1. Sap vacuole – fluid filled vacuoles, small in animal and young plants, in mature plant cells they occupy 50-90% of cell volume.
2. Food vacuole- contains ingested food particles and is fused with lysosome to form food vacuoles.
3. Contractile- Helps in swelling up and bursting of the cell by collecting liquid. Main function is osmoregulation and excretion.

3. Central vacuole occupies 50-90% of cell volume.

Thus, the given statement is false.