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Plant vs. Animal Cells
Although most cells have the same
basic stuff, there are some differences
between animal cells and plant cells.
CELL WALL
• Animal cells do not have a cell wall, only a cell
membrane, that’s why animals can move.
• Plant cells have both a cell wall and a cell
membrane, that’s what makes stems rigid,
and makes plant cells form rectangular shapes
in a brick wall pattern.
SHAPE
• Animal cells are roundish or blob shaped
because they have only a membrane on the
outside.
• Plant cells are kinda rectangular because of
the shape of the cell wall. They often look like
bricks in a brick wall
COLOR
• Animal cells are pink, clear, red, orange,
bluish, (anything but green)
• Plant cells are green or sometimes clear if the
cell is part of a root that doesn’t see sunlight.
CHLOROPLASTS
• Animal cells need to absorb sugar for food, so
they do not have chloroplasts.
• Plant cells make their own food from sunlight,
so they have chloroplasts to absorb sunlight.
VACUOLES
• Animal cells have many small vacuoles.
• Plants need lots of water to conduct
photosynthesis, so they need big vacuoles to
store lots of water.
LYSOSOMES
• Animal cells have to take in food, so they have
more waste products to digest, and thus more
lysosomes.
• Plant cells have very little waste, so they have
very few lysosomes.
MINI-QUIZ
1- What is this organelle?
2- What does this organelle do?
3- Are these plant cells or animal cells?
4- Are these plant cells or animal cells?
5- Plant or animal?
6- This is the cell membrane. What is
its job?
7- These are chloroplasts. What do
they do?
8- Is this a plant cell or an animal cell?
9- What is the name of this organelle?
10- What is probably inside of this
organelle?