what is difference between plant cell membrane and animal cell membrane

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Differences between plant cell membrane and animal cell membrane are:
Plants cell membrane Animal cell membrane
Cholesterol is present in less amounts. It has cholesterol in high amount.
It is lined by cell wall. It does not have cell wall.
Fewer receptors are present in plant cell membranes. Many receptors are present in animal cell membrane

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Differentiate between :

(a) Plants cells and animal cells

(b) Cell membrane and cytoplasm

Pick the correct set of difference(s) between plant and animal cells from the following table.

Number	Animal cell	Plant cell
i	Animal cells have large single vacuole	Plant cells have many small vacuoles
ii	Animal cells do not have plastids	Plant cells have plastids including chloroplast
iii	Animal cells do not have cell wall	Plant cells have cell wall outside the plasma membrane
iv	Animal cells are green in colour	Plant cells are not coloured

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Plants cell membrane	Animal cell membrane
Cholesterol is present in less amounts.	It has cholesterol in high amount.
It is lined by cell wall.	It does not have cell wall.
Fewer receptors are present in plant cell membranes.	Many receptors are present in animal cell membrane