Plant Cell Diagram in 3D
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| Feature | Plant cell | Animal cell |
|---|---|---|
| Cell wall | Yes, made mostly of cellulose | No (only a flexible cell membrane) |
| Shape | Fixed, often boxy or rectangular | Round or irregular; can change shape |
| Chloroplasts | Yes, in green parts of the plant | No |
| Vacuoles | One large central vacuole | Small and temporary, if any |
| Lysosomes | Usually not; the vacuole digests instead | Yes |
| Centrioles | No (in most plants) | Yes, a pair in the centrosome |
| Links to neighbors | Plasmodesmata through the wall | Gap junctions |
| Stored food | Starch and oils | Glycogen and fat |
| How it gets energy | Makes food by photosynthesis (autotroph) | Eats food (heterotroph) |
| Nucleus, mitochondria, ER, Golgi, ribosomes | Yes | Yes |
| Cell membrane, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, peroxisomes | Yes | Yes |