Question

what is the difference between plant and animal cells ?

Answer 1

Both plant and animal cells are eukaryotic cells, i.e., they have complex structures but the structures of both types of cells have major differences.

Animal cells do not have rigid cell walls like plant cells. This allows animal cells to form and adopt various shapes. A type of animal cell called the phagocytic cell can even absorb other structures. This ability is not inherent in plant cells.

Further, unlike animal cells, plant cells have chloroplasts for the utilization of sunlight and this is what also gives plant cells their green color. It is with the help of chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll, the plant cells perform the function of photosynthesis which is a process absent in animal cells.

Answer 2

1.Plant cells are larger than animal cells.
2.Plant cells have chloroplasts unlike animal cells
3.Plant cells have a cell wall unlike animal cells.
4. Due to the rigid cell wall, plant cells have a fixed rectangular shape while animal cells do not have fixed shape.
5.Animal cells have a lot of lysosomes unlike plant cells.
6.Animal cells have a centrosome unlike plant cells
7.Plant cells have plastids unlike animal cells
8.Vacuoles are conspicuous in plant cells than animal cells i.e. large central vacuole in plant cells
9. Animal cells can be phagocytic (engulf other cells) unlike plant cells
10.Cells of Higher plants lack centrioles unlike animal cells.
11.Plant cells have plasmodesmata which links pores in the cell wall allow and communication between adjacent cells unlike animal cells.