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Animal Cell Image Credit: By MesserWoland and Szczepan1990 modified by smartse - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Biological_cell.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7076989
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Vacuoles are storage areas for the cell. They store water, food, waste and other materials. Plant cells sally have 1 large vacuole. Animal cells have a few small vacuoles or none at all.