Question

List the various differences between the animals and the plants.

Answer 1

Differences between plants and animals:

Character	Plants	Animals
Size	Generally not definite	Size is definite
Chlorophyll	Present in all plants	Absent in animals except in Euglena
Mode of nutrition	Autotrophic, taking in water and carbon dioxide	Heterotrophic, taking in solid complex food materials.
Growth	Indefinite and unlimited, growing throughout life	Definite and limited, stop growing in size after a certain age
Locomotion	Usually fixed on the ground and unable to move, except for a few lower plants	Usually move from place to place for food and other requirements, except for a few animals fixed to a place.
Organs	No special organs for respiration, excretion, and digestion	Special organs for respiration, excretion, and digestion in higher animals
Nervous system and sense organs	Sense organs and nervous system absent	Sense organs and nervous system present in most animals
Excretory system	Absent	Absent
i. Cell structure	Present	Absent
ii. Cell wall	Present	Absent
iii. Centrosome	Absent in plant cells except in few plants	Present near the nucleus
iv. Vacuoles	Present	If present, small and temporary
v. stored food	In the form of starch	In the form of glycogen