Question

herbicides are being used to kill weeds in a nearby field. the plants absorb the herbicides from the soil. what organelle in the plant will most likely store the absorbed herbicide waste?
options:

• ribosome
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• mitochondrion

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the functions of each organelle:

• Ribosome: Synthesizes proteins, not for waste storage.
• Vacuole: In plant cells, vacuoles store water, nutrients, and waste products (including toxins like herbicides) to isolate them from the cytoplasm.
• Chloroplast: Conducts photosynthesis, not waste storage.
• Mitochondrion: Produces energy (ATP), not for waste storage.

So the vacuole is the organelle that stores absorbed herbicide waste.

Answer:

B. vacuole (assuming the options are labeled with letters, if the original had labels like A: ribosome, B: vacuole, C: chloroplast, D: mitochondrion; adjust the label as per original, but based on the content, the correct option is the one with "vacuole")