A rift valley is a lowland region formed by the interaction of Earth's tectonic plates. This small rift valley has a typical formationâlong, narrow, and deep. It was formed by the Thingvellir rift, where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are tearing, or rifting, apart over a hotspot on the island of Iceland.
A vacuole (/ËvaekjuËoÊl/) ËvÃ¦kjuËoÊl is a-membrane bound organelle which is present in all plant and fungal cells and some, protist animal and bacterial. cellshe function and significance of vacuoles varies greatly according to the type of cell in which they are present, having much greater prominence in the cells of plants, fungi and certain protists than those of animals and bacteria. In general, the functions of the vacuole include:
vacuole. a space or cavity in the cytoplasm of a cell. contractile vacuole. a small fluid-filled cavity in the cytoplasm of certain unicellular organisms; it gradually increases in size and then collapses; its function is thought to be respiratory and excretory.