Question

2. Distinguish between the following pairs :
(a) Plant cell and animal cell
(b) Cell wall and cell membrane
(c) Centrosome and chromosome
(d) Chloroplast and chromoplast​

Answer 1

Following are the comparisons:

Explanation:

• a) The plant cell comprises of cell wall and chloroplast but it lacks centrosomes. The animal cells lacks cell wall and chloroplast but it comprises of centrosomes.

• b) Cell wall does not contain pores. Cell membrane contains pores.

• c) Centrosome is the microtubule organizing machinery of the animal cell. Chromosomes are the materials which carry genetic information.

• d) The chloroplast are the organelles where photosynthesis occurs. Chromoplast can be described as the other plastids present in a plant.