One function of the central vacuole in plant cells is facilitating cell growth: the central vacuole absorbs water and increases in size, expanding the volume and size of the plant cell while doing so. animal cells, however, do not grow by this method. what is an essential difference between animal and plant cells that could explain how a plant cell can withstand this expansion of the central vacuole? view available hint(s) one function of the central vacuole in plant cells is facilitating cell growth: the central vacuole absorbs water and increases in size, expanding the volume and size of the plant cell while doing so. animal cells, however, do not grow by this method. what is an essential difference between animal and plant cells that could explain how a plant cell can withstand this expansion of the central vacuole? plant cells grow at a slower rate than animal cells. the plant cell wall provides a more rigid structure. animal cells have a similar organelle that produces the same effect as the central vacuole. plant cells cannot divide.

The right answer is The plant cell wall provides a more rigid structure.

Plant cells are differentiated from animal cells by the cell wall (among others, they differ in size, vacuoles and the presence of chloroplasts). This wall, called the pectocellulosic wall (composed of pectin and cellulose), gives a rigid structure to the cell and a polygonal morphology to the cell.

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"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."