Question

what is the difference between a plant cell and a animal cell?

Answer 1

cell wall

Answer 2

chloroplasts

Answer 3

Plant Cells:

* have chloroplasts and use photosynthesis to produce food
* have cell wall made of cellulose
* A plant cell has plasmodesmata - microscopic channels which traverse the cell walls of the cells
* one very large vacuole in the center
* are rectangular in shape

Animal Cells:

* don't have chloroplast
* no cell wall (only cell membrane)
* No plasmodesmata
* one small vacuole
* either circular, irregular or defined shapes depending on the type of cell

Answer 4

plants are a rigid boxlike shape. animals are more roundish