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Question
List the various differences between the animals and the plants.
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Solution
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 |
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