Let me share with you a comparison between Animal and Plant cell.
Characteristic | Animal Cell | Plant Cell |
Cell Wall | Absent | Present (made of cellulose) |
Cell Membrane | Present | Present |
Chloroplasts | Absent | Present |
Nucleus Location | Generally centrally located within the cell. | Often located at the cell periphery due to the large central vacuole. |
Vacuole | Small or absent | Large central vacuole for storage and support |
Plastids | Absent | · Chloroplasts · Amyloplasts · Chromoplasts |
Shape | Usually round or irregular | Often rectangular or angular |
Lysosomes | Present | Rarely present |
Centrioles | Present | Absent |
Cytokinesis through | Typically involves cleavage furrow | Involves cell plate formation |
Storage of Starch | Rarely stores starch | Commonly stores starch in amyloplasts |
Mitochondria | Present | Present but fewer in number than animal cell |
Cytoplasmic Streaming | Common | Uncommon |
Microtubule Organization | Radial arrays from centrosome | Random orientation |
Peroxisomes | Commonly present | Often present |
Contractile Vacuoles | Present in some animal cells. | Absent |
Glyoxysomes | Absent | Present |
Plasmodesmata | Absent | Present for cell-cell communication. |