Question

What is the difference between Plant cell and Animal cell

Answer 1

1) A plant cell is usally larger in size. An animal cell is comparitively smaller in size

2) A plant cell is enclosed by a rigid cellulose cell wall in addition to plasma membrane. An animal cell is enclosed by a thin plasma membrane only.

3) A plant cell can not change in shape. but an animal cell can often change its shape.

4) A plant cell have a cell wall, chloroplasts, other specialized plastids, and a large central vacuole but an animal cell do not have.

5) in plant cell do not have centrosome, lysosomes but an animal cell have all these.

6) in plant cell nucleus lies on one side in the peripheral cytoplasm, in an animal cell nucleus lies in the centre.

7) in A plant cell reserve food are in the form of starch but in animal cell is usally glycogen