Multiple Choice
In plant cells, which organelle primarily stores water 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, ions, and nutrients and helps maintain turgor pressure?
A
Golgi apparatus
B
Mitochondrion
C
Central vacuole
D
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
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Identify the organelles listed in the problem: Golgi apparatus, Mitochondrion, Central vacuole, and Rough endoplasmic reticulum.
Recall the primary functions of each organelle: The Golgi apparatus modifies and packages proteins, the mitochondrion produces energy, and the rough endoplasmic reticulum synthesizes proteins.
Understand that the central vacuole in plant cells is a large organelle that stores water, ions, and nutrients.
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 responsible for storing water, ions, and nutrients and maintaining turgor pressure in plant cells is the central vacuole.
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