Compare plant cells and animal cells, highlighting their differences.
Plant and animal cells differ in the following ways:
| S.No. | Feature | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cell Size | Larger (\(10–100 µm\)) due to a large vacuole | Smaller (\(10–30 µm\)) |
| 2 | Shape | Rectangular/cuboidal – fixed | Round/irregular – flexible |
| 3 | Overall Structure | Larger and | Smaller and |
| 4 | Cell Wall | ||
| 5 | Plastids | ||
| 6 | Vacuole | Large central vacuole – storage & turgor pressure | Small/temporary vacuoles |
| 7 | Golgi Bodies | Present as dictyosomes (scattered) | Well-developed and compact |
| 8 | Nucleus Position | ||
| 9 | Chloroplast | ||
| 10 | Cilia | Generally absent | May be present – movement |
| 11 | Lysosomes | Rare/absent | Present – digestion |
| 12 | Storage Material | ||
| 13 | Plasma Membrane | Appears | |
| 14 | Centrioles | ||
| 15 | Synthesis Ability | Can synthesize some amino acids & vitamins | Cannot synthesize all |
| 16 | Mitochondria |