Vacuole

Question 1

What is the vacuole?

Answer 1

The vacuole is a fluid-filled san used for the storage of materials needed by a cell. These materials may include:

1. Water
2. Food molecules
3. Inorganic ions
4. Enzymes

Question 2

What is special about the vacuole?

Answer 2

Most animal cells contain many small vacuoles. The central vacuole is a structure unique to plant cells.

Question 3

What is the central vacuole?

Answer 3

The central vacuole is a single large vacuole that usually take up most of the space inside a plant cell. It is filled with a watery fluid that strenghtens the cell and helps to support the entire plant.

Question 4

What happens when a plant wilts?

Answer 4

Its leaves shrivel, because there is not enough water in each cell’s central vacuole to support the leaf’s normal structure.

Question 5

What is special about the central vacuole?

Answer 5

The central vacuole may also contains other substances, including toxins that would harm predators, waste products that would harm the cell itself, and pigmenti that give color to cells such as those in the petals of a flower.

Question 6

REMEMBER!

Answer 6

Vacuoles temporarily store materials!