Distinguish between Plant cells and Animal cells.
As stated above, both plant and animal cells share a few common cell organelles, as both are eukaryotes. The function of all these organelles is said to be very much similar. However, the major differences between the plant and animal cells, which significantly reflect the difference in the functions of each cell.
The major differences between the plant cell and animal cell are mentioned below:
| Plant Cell | Animal Cell |
| Cell Shape | |
| Square or rectangular in shape | Irregular or round in shape |
| Cell Wall | |
| Present | Absent |
| Plasma/Cell Membrane | |
| Present | Present |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum | |
| Present | Present |
| Nucleus | |
| Present and lies on one side of the cell | Present and lies in the centre of the cell |
| Lysosomes | |
| Present but are very rare | Present |
| Centrosomes | |
| Absent | Present |
| Golgi Apparatus | |
| Present | Present |
| Cytoplasm | |
| Present | Present |
| Ribosomes | |
| Present | Present |
| Plastids | |
| Present | Absent |
| Vacuoles | |
| Few large or a single, centrally positioned vacuole | Usually small and numerous |
| Cilia | |
| Absent | Present in most of the animal cells |
| Mitochondria | |
| Present but fewer in number | Present and are numerous |
| Mode of Nutrition | |
| Primarily autotrophic | Heterotrophic |
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