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True or false: The various compartments within eukaryotic cells would be expected to have identical conditions

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False!

The reason why compartments exist is to maintain different conditions inside themselves. If there were identical conditions in the various compartments, then they could be one big compartment. For example, lysosomes have specific pH necessary for proper function of enzymes inside them. Mitochondria on the other hand don't need such condititons.
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