The cell is the fundamental unit of life. All the life activities are carried out by cells. The organisms are classified based on the number of cells present in them. Unicellular organisms are single-celled, while multicellular organisms have a large number of cells. Unicellular organisms are believed to be one of the earliest forms of life on earth. Eventually, more complex multicellular organisms evolved from these unicellular life forms over the aeons. Multicellular organisms have specialized cells with complicated cell organelles, which unicellular organisms typically lack.

1. NAME :PRATIBHA SINGH

2. ANIMAL CELL
AND PLANT
CELL

3. DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ANIMAL
CELL AND PLANT
CELL

4. ANIMAL CELL Plant cell

6. STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL CELL
● Cell Wall – Present in a plant cell but absent in an animal cell.
The cell wall is an extra covering that surrounds the cell
membrane of a plant cell. It is made of stiff, non-living material
called cellulose. Unlike the cell membrane, it is freely permeable
and allows all substances in solution form to pass through it.
The cell wall provides rigidity and protection to the cell.

7. Centrosome
Centrosome – Absent in a plant cell but present in
animal cells. Animal cell poses centrosome, a cell
organelle that helps in cell division. It is a clear
area of cytoplasm close to the nucleus from which
spindle fibers develop during cell division both in
mitosis and meiosis.

8. Vacuole
● Vacuole – Present in both plant and animal cells but their structure
varies. One of the most prominent differences between plant and
animal cells is in the structure of vacuoles. Vacuoles are certain clear
spaces in the cytoplasm. They contain water and various substances
in the solution state. These bubble-like sacs are bounded by a single
membrane called ‘Tonoplast’. Vacuoles in plant cells are larger in
size and lesser in number. They occupy most of the space inside a
plant cell and provide turgidity and rigidity to the cell. Vacuoles
play important role in the excretion and secretion of the cell.
Whereas, in animal cell vacuoles are absent, if present, they are

9. Plastids
● Plastids – Present in a plant cell but absent in
animal cells. Plastids manufacture and store food
in plant cells. They occur in different shapes – oval,
spherical, and disc-shaped. These are double-
membrane organelle which has its DNA and
ribosome. Therefore, like mitochondria, plastids
are also a semi-autonomous organelle.

10. QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL
CELL

11. ● Cytoplasm – Animal cell cytoplasm is denser
and granular in comparison to that of the
plant cells.
● Arrangement of Cytoplasm – In plant cells,
there is a thin lining of cytoplasm mostly
pushed to the periphery, whereas in animal
cells cytoplasm fills almost the entire cell.
● Size – Plant cells are usually large with distinct