Question

Mention any three differences between a living cell and a brick in a wall.

Answer 1

The main difference between the living cell and the bricks in a wall are;

1. Cell wall is living structure but brick wall is a rigid structure and non- living.

2. The growth occurs in the living cell where as it does not take place in the individual bricks.

3. The living cell can undergo cell division to increase the number of cell but bricks breaks up through division.

4. The living cell represents the structural and the functional unit of life where as bricks are only structural unit of wall.