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it makes the cells more pliable, and more stretchy, like if you pinch your skin or rub it around, it moves more easily that the stiff leaves of plants.

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Animal cells do not have a cell wall because they have a cytoskeleton and a cell membrane to hold the cell up. On the contrary, plant cells do need a cell wall in order for the cell not to collapse, and is the plant cell's only form of support.

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The cell wall is an extra layer of protection for plant cells. The cell wall is stiff so as to keep the shape of the cell. Since plants must be stiff or else they will droop, having stiff cells makes that happen. Animal cells don't need to worry about having stiff cells because animal cells just float around throughout the organism...plant cells must be stiff and aligned next to each other.

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That is because animal cells do not require cell walls, since cell walls make a cell more rigid and animals need flexibility to survive.

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They just don't. Plant cells have cell walls, though.

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Why dont animal cells need cell wall?

animal cell don't need cell wall because they have micro filaments and micro tubules to hold the shape of the cell.


Which oraganelles are found in both plant cells but not in animal cells?

Chlorophyll- which gives it its green pigment, and the Cell Wall, animal cells only have a plasma membrane. animal cells dont need chlorophyll because they dont make their own food like plants.


Why dont animal cells need cellwalls unlike plant cells?

because cell walls of the plant cells makes the plant stands straight


Why do plant cells have cell walls and animal cell dont?

Plant cells have cell walls because they need the extra protection. This is because plant cells cannot move out of the way of danger like animals can.


Why do plant cells have cell walls but animal cells dont?

Well, a cell wall gives the plant cell it's straight structure, which makes the plant stand up and animals can support there own weight and plants need protection that gives the cell wall and animals dont need that protection.


Why doesn't an animal cell need a cell wall?

because they dont need anything protecting them.


Why doesn't a animal cell need a cell wall?

because they dont need anything protecting them.


Why does a plant cell have a cell wall and chlorophyll and an animal cell doesn't?

Its because the plant needs to be stable because it would be really floppy, and the animal cell does not because it can move around the animal and it does not need to be stablised. Animal cells do not have chlorophyll because they don't need it. Plant cells need them because they take in sunlight and turn it into a sugar that is used for food for energy. Animal cells do not get their energy from the sun directly, they get it from oxygen. Animal cells do not photosythesise, which is what chlorophyll is for.


Why dont animal cells have a cell wall?

Before answering this question, it is important to know the function of a cell wall. Cell walls are found in plants to provide rigidity to support the shape of the cell. Animals do not require those functions in cells, hence they do not need cell walls.


What characteristics does an animal cell have that a plant cell does not have?

An animal cell actually has less things than plant cells. Plant cells have cell walls used to hold the cells up and keep them sturdy while animal cells do not because it would make animals too stiff to move. Plant cells have the cell walls because they need to stand up and don't need to move.


What dose an animal cell have that a plant cell dose not have?

An animal cell actually has less things than plant cells. Plant cells have cell walls used to hold the cells up and keep them sturdy while animal cells do not because it would make animals too stiff to move. Plant cells have the cell walls because they need to stand up and don't need to move.


How would you decide if a cell an animal cell was an animal cell or a plant cell?

They have different shapes. Animal cells are circular, and plant cells are rectangular. Sorry I don't know any other way to check. You'd need a microscope. **This is wrong. the real answer is that animal cells have centrisomes while plant cells have chloroplasts and rigid cell walls.