- As both plant and animal cells are eukaryotes , they do share some common organelles but they do also have some features that are unique to each of them.
The following are a few differences between the plant and animal cell.
| 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 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 .
