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With the help of a neat labeled diagram differentiate ‘Plant Cell’ from ‘Animal’ cell.

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Hint: Plants and animals both are complex organisms. Plants are sessile while animals show locomotion. Plants can synthesize their food while animals cannot. All these differences arise due to the differences in their cellular structures.

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The major differences between plant and animal cells are summarised in the table below:

Plant CellAnimal Cell
A rigid cell wall is present in plant cellsThe cell wall is absent in animal cells
Mature plant cells have a large central vacuoleNumerous small vacuoles may be present in animal cell
The nucleus is present at the periphery of cytoplasm due to central vacuoleThe nucleus lie centrally in most cases
Centrioles are not presentCentrioles are present
Anastral spindle formation occurs during cell divisionAmphiastral spindle formation occurs during cell division
The Golgi apparatus in plant cells is composed of a number of distinct and unconnected units called dictyosomesGolgi apparatus is either localized or diffused and exists as a well developed single complex
Reserve food materials include fat and starchReserve food material includes glycogen and fat
Adjacent cells have cytoplasmic connections known as plasmodesmataAdjacent cells are connected by cell junctions like tight junctions, gap junctions, etc.
Cytokinesis takes place by cell plate formationCytokinesis occurs by cleavage.
Plastids are found within plant cellsPlastids are absent within plant cells


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Note: Even though plant and animal cells share many differences both of them are similar in having eukaryotic cells. The ability to perform photosynthesis is usually seen in organisms belonging to kingdom Plantae, but certain other organisms belonging to kingdom Monera, kingdom Protista, etc can also perform photosynthesis. Euglena is an organism that exhibits both plant and animal-like characters, and a mixotrophic mode of nutrition is observed. These are heterotrophic when food is available but become photosynthetic or autotrophic when food is not available. Both plants and animals have semi - autonomous cell organelles, chloroplast in plants, and mitochondria in animals.