3. Animal and Plant cells have
many similarities. Can you tell
the organelles and cell parts
they both have in common.
4. Plant Cells vs Animal Cells:
Similarities
►Both animal and plant cells have cell
membranes that enclose the cell.
►Both are filled with cytoplasm, a gel-like
substance containing chemicals needed by
the cell.
►Both have a nucleus where DNA is stored.
►Both have ribosomes, protein builders of
cells.
5. ►Both plant and animal cells have
mitochondria that use oxygen to break
down food and release energy.
►Both kinds of cells have vacuoles that
contain food, water, or waste products.
(Animal cells usually have many more
vacuoles than plant cells do.)
6. A Few More Similarities
►Both have endoplasmic reticulum, where a
system of tubes transports proteins.
►Both have Golgi bodies to distribute proteins
outside of the cell.
8. Animal and plant cells are also
different. Can you explain
reasons as to how plant cells
are different from animal
cells?
9. Plant and Animal Cells:
Differences
►Plant cells have cell walls that provide
structure. Animal cells do not have cell
walls.
►A few large animal cells have more than one
nucleus, but plant cells ALWAYS have just
one.
►Plant cells have chloroplasts for
photosynthesis. Animal cells do not.
10. Differences
►Plant cells have non-living rigid cell
walls.
►Plant cells contain chloroplasts which
contain chlorophyll, a green chemical
needed for photosynthesis.
►Plant cells contain a large vacuole;
animal cells never contain large
vacuoles.
►Plant cells are regular in shape; animal
cells are irregular in shape.
11. More Differences:
►Animal cells use mitochondria for energy
production. Plants primarily use
chloroplasts to produce energy.
►Animal cells tend to have many small
vacuoles. Mature plant cells may have only
one large vacuole.
►Animals cells have lysosomes, but plant cells
do not.
13. While not exactly organelles, the
following are important parts of the cells:
►Cell membrane: Semi-permeable
lining that surrounds
the cell
►Cell Wall: Is a stiff non-living
wall that surrounds
the cell membrane
made of cellulose
►Cytoplasm: Jelly-like material
surrounding the
organelles
14. There are a few important processes in
which the plant and animal cell engages:
►Diffusion: How food, air, and
water gets in and out
of the cell.
►Cellular Respiration: How an animal cell
gets energy.
►Photosynthesis: How a plant cell gets
energy.
