Multiple Choice
In plant cells, which organelle primarily stores water, nutrients (food), and waste products?
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13. Intracellular Protein Transport
Plant Vacuole
Multiple Choice
In plant cells, which organelle primarily stores water, ions, and other nutrients (food reserves) and helps maintain turgor pressure?
A
Mitochondrion
B
Central vacuole
C
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
D
Golgi apparatus
Verified step by step guidance1
Identify the organelles listed in the problem and recall their primary functions in plant cells.
Understand that mitochondria are mainly responsible for energy production through cellular respiration, not storage or turgor pressure maintenance.
Recall that the rough endoplasmic reticulum is involved in protein synthesis and processing, not storage of water or nutrients.
Recognize that the Golgi apparatus modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids but does not primarily store water or maintain turgor pressure.
Conclude that the central vacuole is the organelle that stores water, ions, and nutrients, and plays a key role in maintaining turgor pressure in plant cells.
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