2006-12-07 02:36:43 · 3 answers · asked by kc 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A vacoule is an empty space in the cytoplasm, a membrane enclosed sac, that is filled with water and various solutes. Vacoules are surrounded by a membrane known as the Tonoplast. Vacoules are major elements in the growth of cells. The cell can increase it's size by filling its vacoule(s) with various materials(mainly Water) and the expanding Vacoule inturn increases the cells over-all size while investing minimally in new materials for manufacturing more cytoplasm, inorder to increase cell size.
2006-12-07 02:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by triniprincess 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A vacuole is an organelle in both animal and plant cells that acts as the storage unit for the cell.
2006-12-07 02:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by onelove92901 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the definition at Wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuole
2006-12-07 02:44:12 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋