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Which of the following statement is not correct for vacuoles

Option: 1

Contractile vacoules help in excretion


Option: 2

Tonoplast facilitates the transport of ions against the concentration gradient into the cytoplasm


Option: 3

Food vacoules are formed by engulfing the food particles


Option: 4

sap vacoule is bound by single membrane


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Tonoplast is the membrane surrounding the vacoule. The vacuole helps in maintaining cell volume and cell turgor; the regulation of cytoplasmic ions and pH. The tonoplast helps in the transpot of ion and minerals against the concentration gradient into the vacuole utilizing energy in the form of ATP. Therefore statement 2 is wrong.

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