What is difference between plant cells and animal cells. Give five examples of each.
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Plant Cell Animal Cell
Cell Shape
Square/rectangular Irregular/round
Cell Wall
Present Absent
Plasma Membrane
Present Present
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Present Present
Nucleus
Present and lies on one side of the cell Present and lies in the centre of . the cell
Lysosomes
Present but are very rare Present
Centrosomes
Absent Present
Golgi Apparatus
Present .Present
Cytoplasm
Present .Present
Ribosomes
Present .Present
Plastids
Present .Absent
Vacuoles
Few large or a single, Usually small and numerous
centrally positioned vacuole
Cilia
Absent Present in most of the animal cells
Mitochondria
Present but fewer in number Present and are numerous
Mode of Nutrition
Primarily autotrophic Heterotrophic