How you decide whether an unknown cell was an animal cell a plant cell or a bacterial cell?

Answer 1

A plant cell in general will have a large central vacuole.

An animal cell will have small vacuoles.

A bacterial cell will have a flagella.

Animal cells and bacterial cells do not have the green pigment chloroplast as compared to a plant cell.

Answer 2

Certain cell types will lack certain organelles. A plant cell will lack lysosomes, since plants are autotrophic and do not go through cellular respiration. Although, plant cell do contain specialty organelles such as chloroplasts and a cell wall. Animal cells, on the other hand, do not contain chloroplast, but in return have lysosomes. Bacterium lack many organelles, such as a nucleus. Cells that lack this structure are called prokaryotes.

Plant cells have a cell wall, large vacuole, and chloroplast.

Animal cells don't have those. They do have centrioles though.

Bacteria cells are prokaryotes, which means they do not contain a nuclei.

Answer 3

you would narrow it down, does it have a cell wall, is there a nucleus, what about choroplast??cells rock

Answer 4

First, look at the shape. Plant cells are usually a more square shape. Also, look for the nucleus. Plant and animal cells have one, but bacteria cells don't.