ANIMAL AND PLANT

CELLS
Plant and animal cells are important because they
are the building blocks of all living things. Without
cells, there would be no life. Plant and animal cells
are different from each other, but both types of cells
are essential for life.
In an ecosystem, plants have the role of producers, while
animals have taken the role of consumers. Hence, their
daily activities and functions vary, and so does their cell
structure. Cell structure and organelles vary in plants and
animals, and are primarily classified based on their
function. The difference in their cell composition is the
reason behind the difference between plant and animal
cells.
Each cell organelle has a particular function to
perform. Some of the cell organelles are present in
both plant cells and animal cells, while others are
unique to just one of them. Most of the earth’s
higher organisms are eukaryotes, including all
plants and animals. Hence, these cells share some
similarities typically associated with eukaryotes.
For example, all eukaryotic cells consist
of a nucleus, plasma membrane,
cytoplasm, peroxisomes, mitochondria,
ribosomes and other cell organelles.
Both plant and animal cells comprise membrane-
bound organelles, such as endoplasmic reticulum,
mitochondria, the nucleus, Golgi apparatus, and
lysosomes. The plant cell can also be larger than
the animal cell. The normal range of the animal
cell varies from about 10 – 30 micrometres and that
of plant cell range between 10 – 100 micrometre
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