Question

Write main differences between plant and animal cells.

Answer 1

Plant cell	Animal cell
1. Plant cells are larger than animal cells.	1. Animal cells are generally small in size.
2. The plasma membrane of plant cells is surrounded by a rigid cell wall of cellulose	2. Cell wall is absent.
3. Plastids are present.	3. Except the protozoan Euglena, no animal cell possesses plastids.
4. Most mature plant cells have a permanent and large central sap vacuole.	4. Vacuoles in animal cells are many, small and temporary.
5. Plant cells have many simpler units of Golgi apparatus, called dictyosomes.	5. Animal cells have a single highly complex and prominent Golgi apparatus.
6. Plant cells lack centrosome and centrioles	6. Animal cells have centrosome and centrioles.