Practice question · Estimate
The central vacuole can occupy up to 90 % of a mature plant cell’s volume. Set the percentage of the volume left for everything else, cytoplasm, nucleus and all the organelles.
Estimate on a scale from None left (0) to Half the cell (50).
Hints
- The vacuole and everything else must together make the whole cell.
- Compute 100 minus 90.
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10 (answers within ±3 count)
Why
Just 10 % is left for the cytoplasm, nucleus and every organelle. The cytoplasm is pressed into a thin layer against the wall, which is also why chloroplasts in a plant cell are found close to the surface, where the light is.
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