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AThe peroxisomes
BThe vacuoles
CThe ribosomes
DThe plastids
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The vacuoles
1. Lysosomes are the digestive component of animal cells and plant cells do not have them.
2. The digestive work still has to be done in a plant cell.
3. In plant cells the digestive processes take place in vacuoles.
4. Enzymes within plant vacuoles are what break down the macromolecules.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Cell Structure", section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells_
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