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Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are different from animal cells.
Answer:
The following is a comparison table between plant and animal cells.
| Plant Cell | Animal Cell | |
| Cell Shape | Square or rectangular | Irregular |
| Cell Wall | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Plasma Membrane |
✔️ |
✔️ |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum |
✔️ |
✔️ |
| Nucleus |
✔️ lies on one side of cell |
✔️ lies in the centre of the cell |
| Lysosomes |
✔️ rare |
✔️ abundant |
| Golgi Apparatus |
✔️ |
✔️ |
|
Cytoplasm
|
✔️ |
✔️ |
| Ribosomes |
✔️ |
✔️ |
|
Plastids |
✔️ |
❌ |
|
Vacuoles |
✔️ Large and few |
✔️ Small and numerous |
|
Mitochondria |
✔️ fewer |
✔️ numerous |
|
*Cilia / Flagella |
❌ |
✔️ In most animal cells |
|
Mode of Nutrition |
Autotrophic |
Heterotrophic |
*Note: Cillia (very tiny hairlike structures ) or flagella ( long tail ) are present on the body of most animal cells that help it to move around .
