Question

Give briefly the difference between plant and animal cell

Answer 1

	Plant Cell	Animal Cell
1.	A plant cell is comparatively large in size.	The animal cell is usually smaller in size.
2.	The plasma membrane is surrounded by a rigid, thick and non-living cell wall made up of cellulose.	The animal cell is only enclosed by living plasma membrane, and lack cell wall.
3.	There are one or two large vacuoles, in which cell sap is enclosed by tonoplast.	Cytoplasm contains many smaller vacuoles, which are distributed in the whole cytoplasm.
4.	Plastids (chloroplast and chromoplast) are very common in a plant cell.	Plastids are absent in an animal cell, except in Euglena.
5.	Plant cell lack centrioles. Instead, two small clear areas called polar caps are present.	Animal cell posses centrosome with one or two centrioles.
6.	Contact between plant cells is through plasma desmatic.	Contact between animal cells is through desmosome.
7.	A plant cell has several subunits of less developed golgi bodies called dictyosomes.	The animal cell has permanent and highly complex golgi bodies, near the nu­cleus.
8.	Microvilli are absent on the surface of plant cells.	Microvilli are present on the surface of animal cells.
9.	Stored food is starch, in them.	Stored food is glycogen.
10.	A plant cell is rigid.	The animal cell is flexible.