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     Think of vacuoles as bowls within a cell. There is a milky liquid inside made up of water, sugar, and other chemicals. The liquid might feel like gel that you can put in your hair. This "hair gel" is incredibly important to the life of a cell. The gel helps the vacuole  break down chemicals that get into the cell. They also play a part in the growth of the cell, and are bigger in plant cells than animal cells.
     Though the vacuoles in plants are bigger, there are more vacuoles in animal cells. In the plant cells, vacuoles play a very big job. When the plant is watered, water collects in the vacuoles, causing it to fill up. This makes it healthy, but when it is not watered the vacuoles get smaller. If you have ever seen a plant wilt it means that the vacuoles don,t have water.
    
 
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