Question

Which of the following is NOT the function of vacuole?

• A. Vacuoles do not store food.
• B. Isolating materials that might be harmful or a threat to the cell.
• C. Maintaining internal turgor pressure within the cell.
• D. Allows plants to support structures such as leaves and flowers.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Vacuoles do not store food.

The functions of vacuole includes :

• Isolating materials that might be harmful or a threat to the cell.
• Stores waste products.
• Stores water in plant cells.
• Maintaining internal hydrostatic pressure or turgor within the cell.
• Maintaining an acidic internal pH.
• Stores food.
• Exporting unwanted substances from the cell.
• Allows plants to support structures such as leaves and flowers due to the pressure of the central vacuole.
• By increasing in size, allows the germinating plant or its organs (such as leaves) to grow very quickly and using up mostly just water.
• In seeds, stored proteins needed for germination are kept in 'protein bodies', which are modified vacuoles.