Animal Cell
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Plant Cell
|
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Cell
wall:
|
Absent
|
Present
(formed of cellulose)
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Shape:
|
Round
(irregular shape)
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Rectangular
(fixed shape)
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Vacuole:
|
One or
more small vacuoles (much smaller than plant cells).
|
One,
large central vacuole taking up 90% of cell volume.
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Centrioles:
|
Present
in all animal cells
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Only
present in lower plant forms.
|
Chloroplast:
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Animal
cells don't have chloroplasts
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Plant
cells have chloroplasts because they make their own food
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Cytoplasm:
|
Present
|
Present
|
Endoplasmic
Reticulum (Smooth and Rough):
|
Present
|
Present
|
Ribosomes:
|
Present
|
Present
|
Mitochondria:
|
Present
|
Present
|
Plastids:
|
Absent
|
Present
|
Golgi
Apparatus:
|
Present
|
Present
|
Plasma
Membrane:
|
only
cell membrane
|
cell
wall and a cell membrane
|
Microtubules/
Microfilaments:
|
Present
|
Present
|
Flagella:
|
May be
found in some cells
|
May be
found in some cells
|
Lysosomes:
|
Lysosomes
occur in cytoplasm.
|
Lysosomes
usually not evident.
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Nucleus:
|
Present
|
Present
|
Cilia:
|
Present
|
It is
very rare
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