E-Lecture - Comparison of Plant and Animal Cells

Plant Cells

  • Possess cellulose, cell wall.
  • Contain plastids that contain pigments such as chlorophyll.
  • Have, large central vacuole with cell sap that contain solutions of sugar, salts, etc.
  • Have tonoplast around vacuoles are regular in shape.
  • Have no centrioles except in cells of lower forms of plants such as mosses.

Animal Cells

  • Possess no cell-wall.
  • Contain no plastid.
  • Do not have large vacuoles but they have smaller ones such as contractile and food vacuoles.
  • Have no tonoplast.
  • Have no definite shape.
  • Have centrioles.