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Compare plants cell and animals cell ? Diagram?

Posted by Shakti Prakash 7 years, 2 months ago

CBSE > Class 09 > Science

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Gaurav Seth 7 years, 2 months ago

<th>BASIS FOR COMPARISON</th> <th>PLANT CELL</th> <th>ANIMAL CELL</th>

Meaning	The fundamental and functional unit of Kingdom Plantae of the Eukaryotic cells, having true nucleus along with the many organelles, specially the cell wall, chloroplast and the vacuoles.	Animal cells are also the basic unit of life of Kingdom Animalia of the Eukaryotic cells, having all the necessary organelles with specified functions.
Cell Size	Usually larger, which is fixed.	Smaller in size and irregular.
Cell Shape	Rectangular.	Round.
Enclosed by	A plant cell is enclosed by rigid cell wall along with the plasma membrane.	The animal cell is enclosed by a flexible, thin plasma membrane only.
Nucleus	Present and lies on one side of the cell.	Present and lies in the centre of the cell wall.
Centrosomes/Centrioles	Absent	Present
Plastids	Present with chloroplast in them.	Plastids are absent.
Cilia	Absent.	Usually present.
Glyoxysomes	May be present.	Absent.
Plasmodesmata	Present.	Absent.
Desmosomes/Tight junction	Absent.	Present.
Mitochondria	Present in fewer number.	Present in large number.
Vacuoles	Only one huge vacuole.	Animal cells contain many in numbers.
Lysosomes	Rarely noticed in plant cells.	Present.
Chloroplast	Plant cell contains chloroplast, which they use in storing energy.	Animal cells lack chloroplast and use mitochondria for energy storing purpose.
Reserve food	Present as starch.	Present as glycogen.
Synthesis of nutrients	They can synthesize all amino acids, vitamins and coenzymes.	They are not able to synthesize any amino acids, vitamins and coenzymes required by them.
Cytokinesis	Occurs by cell plate only.	Occurs by furrowing or constrictions.
Hypotonic/Hypertonic Solutions	Plant cell does not burst if placed in hypotonic solution.	Animal cells burst in hypertonic solution as they do not have the cell wall.