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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT CELL AND ANIMAL CELL.
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT CELL AND ANIMAL CELL.
Similarities:
Both plants and animal’s cells have
in common the following organelles:
(i) Golgi bodies
(ii) Nucleus
(iii) Mitochondria
(iv) Cytoplasm
(v) Chromosomes
(vi) Endoplasmic reticulum
(vii) Nucleolus
(viii) Ribosome
(ix) Lysosomes
(x) Cell membrane
(xi) Reticulum
Differences
| Plant Cell | Animal Cell | |
| i | Has cellulose cell wall | Lacks cellulose cell wall
|
| ii | Has one large central vacuole | Has numerous
small vacuoles |
| iii | Has chloroplasts | Lacks chloroplast |
| iv | Contains starch granules in its cytoplasm | Contains glycogen granules in its
cytoplasm |
| v | Usually larger in size | Usually, smaller
in size |
| vi | Does not have lysosome | Has lysosome
|
| vii | Does not have centrioles/
centrosome |
Has centrioles/
centrioles/ centrosome |
| viii | Has a regular/ definite cell shape
|
Has an irregular/
indefinite cell shape |
| ix | Stores lipid as oil | Stores lipid as fat |