Question

why plant cells are more rigid than animal cells

Answer 1

The Plant Cell Wall. ... The walls of neighboring plant cells, cemented together to form the intact plant(Figure 19-68), are generally thicker, stronger, and, most important of all,more rigid than the extracellular matrix produced by animal cells.

Answer 2

there are two reasons for this rigidity of plant cell
1. cell wall which is made of cellulose and it thick and rigit which helps in the rigidity of the cell  &

2. the large vacuole present in the plant cell which maintains the shape and the rigidity of the plant cell.

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