Question

States four differences between plant and animal cells.

Answer 1

Animal cell:
Animal cells are eukaryotic and heterotrophic in nature and spherical in shape.
Plant cell:
Plant cells are eukaryotic and autotrophic in nature. Generally, it is rectangular in shape.

Animal cell	Plant cell
1. Animal cells lack cell walls.	1. Cell membrane of plant cell is covered by a tough cellulosic wall called cell wall.
2. All animal cells lack plastid except Euglena.	2. All plant cells have plastids.
3. Animal cells have many small, and temporary vacuoles.	3. Most plant cells have permanent and central vacuoles.
4. Animal cells contain a single and complex Golgi apparatus.	4. Plant cells have many simple dictyosomes instead of Golgi complex.
5. Centrosomes and centrioles are present in animal cells.	5. Centrosomes and centrioles are absent in plant cells.