Multiple Choice
In a typical plant cell, which organelle primarily stores water, ions, and waste products?
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13. Intracellular Protein Transport
Plant Vacuole
Multiple Choice
In plant cells, which organelle primarily stores water and dissolved nutrients (food) and helps maintain turgor pressure?
A
Mitochondrion
B
Golgi apparatus
C
Chloroplast
D
Central vacuole
Verified step by step guidance1
Understand the function of each organelle listed: Mitochondrion is primarily involved in energy production through cellular respiration.
Golgi apparatus functions mainly in modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids for secretion or use within the cell.
Chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis, where light energy is converted into chemical energy stored in glucose.
The central vacuole in plant cells stores water, dissolved nutrients, and waste products, and it plays a key role in maintaining turgor pressure, which keeps the plant cell rigid.
Therefore, by comparing the functions, identify that the organelle responsible for storing water and nutrients and maintaining turgor pressure is the central vacuole.
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