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Mitochondria Vacuole

WHAT KIND OF CELLS HAVE THEM?

Mitochondria: the mitochondrion is found in all eukaryotic cells.

Vacuole: the vacuole is found in the plant cell and the animal cell.

WHERE IS IT LOCATED IN THE CELL?

Mitochondria: The mitochondria is found floating in the cytoplasm of the cell.

Vacuole: The vacuole in the plant cell is located in the very center of the cell, it is also the largest organelle in the plant cell because of its large role. In the animal cell it is found floating in the cytoplasm, it is also considerably small compared to the vacuole in the plant cell

FUNCTIONS OF THE CELL

Mitochondria: The mitochondria helps produce the energy the cell needs to live. Without the mitochondria the cell would easily die because of its big role in the life of the cell.

Vacuole: The vacuole stores the energy for the cell. In the plant cell it predominately stores water incase the plant goes through a long period of drought. It also stores sunlight incase the plant does not get enough of it. In the animal cell it stores proteins, salts, sugars, and even some of the cells waste products (As it does in the plant cell).

WHAT IS ITS JOB IN A FACTORY?

Mitochondria: If the cell was a factory the function of the mitochondria would be a refining machine, because it take unusable materials and turns it into usable materials. Much like a refining machine does when it turns oil into gasoline a usable fuel.

Vacuole: If the cell was a factory the function of the vacuole would be a storage tank, because in the plant cell (More than in the animal cell) the vacuole stores the energy for the cell incase it goes a long time without sunlight or water.

COOL FACTS ON MITOCHONDRION

• They are bounded by a double membrane

• They are semi-autonomous, meaning they only partially rely on the cell to reproduce.

• They are considered the cells power producers

• They are also responsible for cell division

• They are used by scientists to trace the ancestry of the organism with the cell

• Most of the organisms on earth inherit their mitochondria from the maternal side of the family.

• Scientists have used mitochondria to identify Czar Nicholas II.

COOL FACTS ON VACUOLES

• The vacuole slowly grows as the cell develops

• In the plant cell the vacuole gives the plant its color because of the pigments it stores

• Sometimes because of the large amount of water stored in the vacuole it exerts a large amount of pressure on the cell wall

• Because of the great size of the vacuole in the plant cell it allows the plant to grow bigger because it provides the structural support of the cell making it much stronger and able to grow more

• There are many smaller vacuoles in the animal cell instead of one large one like in the plant

• Typically the vacuole in the plant cell takes up 80% of the cell

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