Question

Which of the following cells tend to have one large Central Vacuole that can take up to 90% of cell Volume?
A) Bacterial
B) Plant
C) Animal
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Vacuoles are the cavity or space in a tissue of a plant or animal cell which generally contains fluid. It remains within the cytoplasm of a cell. Its major function is the deposition of various substances. They can store food and also waste materials for the prevention of cell contamination. Usually, the vacuole cells are bigger in plant cells than in animal cells.

Complete answer:
B) Plant- the main difference between the animal and plant cells are the structure of plant cells being different like- plants have chloroplasts which are absent in animals. The space-filler vacuole is only present as the central part is in the plant cell, which takes 90% of the volume in plants.
Hence Option (B) is the correct answer.

A) Bacterial- Bacteria do have vacuoles- for food and water deposition, they take up their nutrients and store inside vacuoles, but it does not take up a large part of their body.
Option A is incorrect.

C) Animal- animal vacuoles are membrane bound and structurally involved in digestion of intracellular particles.
Option C is not the correct answer.

D) None of the above- one of the above options are correct.
So, option D is not the answer.

Note:
Other than plants, fungi and protists also have large vacuoles which are large in comparison to animal cells. They are also enriched with hydrolytic enzymes. They are enclosed with compartments filled with organic molecules and water. Also they engulfed certain solids eliminated from the cell.