Question

Why do plant cells possess large sized vacuole?

• A. Storage
• B. Dumping of cellular wastes
• C. Maintaining turgidity in a cell
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

Vacuoles are like storage bubbles which are found mostly in plant cells. They occupy most of the portion of plant cells. These are used for storage of food or water. They also store toxic metabolic by-products or end products of plant cells. Such vacuoles are thrown out of the cell by exocytosis. Osmotic pressure and turgidity are maintained by vacuoles due to the presence of cell sap.