Animal & Plant Cells
Their Differences and Similarities
Animal Cell
An animal cell has a lot of different things that help the animal survive. Like ribosomes, they are very small but they act as factories to produce protein for the animal. In the center of animal cell is the nucleus. The nucleus is the brain of the cell. The outermost element of the animal cell is called the cell membrane. The cell membrane creates a barrier between the cytoplasm and the environment outside the cell. Cytoplasm is a gel-like fluid in which many organelles are found. Mitochondria are rod-shaped organelles that produce the cell's energy.
Plant Cell
As well as the animal cell the plant cell also has a lot of different things to help it survive such as...The vacuole which is the place that the cell stores its food, water, and waste products. As well as the chloroplasts that produces food from sunlight and makes the plant's leaves green. The outermost element of the plant cell is the cell wall, which protects and supports the cell and is made of cellulose.
Similarities and Differences
Vacuole
Both the plant cell and animal cell have vacuoles. But the plant cell's vacuole is much bigger than the animal cell's .
Golgi Body
The Golgi Body receives materials from the E.R. and send them to other parts of the cell. They also release materials outside the cell.
E.R./Endoplasmic Reticulum
This network of passageways carries materials from one part of the cell to another.