Question

Which of the following will help you to differentiate a plant cell from an animal cell?

• A. Presence of Mitochondrion
• B. Presence of cell membrane
• C. Presence of Chloroplasts
• D. Presence of Cytoplasm

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Presence of Chloroplasts

Plant cells can prepare their own food due to the presence of the organelle chloroplast. Animal cells lack this structure. Given below is a list of differences between plant and animal cells.

$\begin{array}{ccc}& \text{Animal Cell}& \text{Plant Cell}\\ \text{Cell wall}& \text{Absent}& \text{present(formed of cellulose)}\\ \text{Shape}& \text{Round(irregular shape)}& \text{Rectangular(fixed shape)}\\ \text{Vacuole}& \text{One or more small vacuoles}& \text{One, large central vacuole taking}\\ & \text{(much smaller than plant cells)}& \text{up 90\% of cell volume}\\ \text{Centrioles}& \text{Present in all animal cells}& \text{Only present in lower plant forms}\\ \text{Chloroplast}& \text{Animal cells don't have}& \text{Plant cells have chloroplasts}\\ & \text{Chloroplasts}& \text{because they make their own food}\end{array}$