Vacuoles are bubbles that float in the cell. Those bubbles store the different molecules a cell needes to survive. Some contain food and others contain oil. There are even vacuoles that hold waste products, kinda like a big septic tank. When a vacuole holds waste products, it protects the cell from contamination.
Vacuoles are more important to plant cells than they are to animal cells.
Participate in the degradation of cellular proteins and other macromolecules. Within the vacuoles plant cells store nutrients, water, ions and waste products. Vacuoles Stores nutrients and waste products and transports products. The vacuole is like a giant sack that holds the nutrients and waste products. It can also transports them to other parts of the cell.