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Plant cell
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Animal cell
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1.
Usually larger in
size
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Comparatively
smaller in size
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2.
It is enclosed by a
rigid cell wall in addition to plasma membrane
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No cell wall
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3.
It cannot change its
shape
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It can often change
in shape
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4.
Plastids are present.
Plant cells exposed to sunlight contain chloroplast
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Plastids are usually
absent
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5.
A mature plant cell
contains a large central vacuole
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An animal cell often
possesses many small vacuole
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6.
Nucleus lies on one
side in the peripheral cytoplasm
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Nucleus usually lies
in the centre
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7.
Centrioles are
usually absent except in motile cells of lower plants
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Centrioles are practically
present in all animal cells
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8.
Lysosomes are rare
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Lysosomes are always
present
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9.
Glyoxysomes may be
present
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Absent
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10.
Tight junctions and
desmosomes are lacking
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They are present
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11.
Reserve food is
generally in the form of starch
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Reserve food is
usually glycogen
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12.
It can synthesize
all the amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins required by them
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It cannot synthesize
all the amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins required by them
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13.
Spindle formed
during cell division is anastral i.e. without asters at esthe poles
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Spindle formed
during cell division is amphiastral i.e. has an aster at each pole
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14.
Cytokinesis occurs
by cell plate method
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Cytokinesis occurs
by constriction or furrowing
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15.
Plant cell does not
burst if placed in hypotonic solution due to the presence of the cell wall
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Animal cells lacking
contractile vacuoles usually burst, if placed in hypotonic solution
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