Multiple Choice
In plant cells, which organelle primarily stores water, ions, and nutrients and helps maintain turgor pressure?
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13. Intracellular Protein Transport
Plant Vacuole
Multiple Choice
In plant cells, which organelle primarily stores water, nutrients (food), and waste materials and helps maintain turgor pressure?
A
Central vacuole
B
Mitochondrion
C
Chloroplast
D
Golgi apparatus
Verified step by step guidance1
Identify the organelles listed in the problem: Central vacuole, Mitochondrion, Chloroplast, and Golgi apparatus.
Recall the primary functions of each organelle: Mitochondrion produces energy (ATP), Chloroplast conducts photosynthesis, Golgi apparatus modifies and packages proteins.
Understand that the Central vacuole in plant cells is a large, membrane-bound compartment that stores water, nutrients, and waste materials.
Recognize that the Central vacuole also helps maintain turgor pressure, which is the pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall, crucial for plant rigidity and structure.
Conclude that the organelle described in the problem, which stores water, nutrients, and waste and maintains turgor pressure, is the Central vacuole.
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