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There are several differences between plant and animal cells. The three most pronounced differences are:

1. Animal cells are encased in only a cell membrane, while plant cells have an added cell wall that gives more rigidity to the plant and counter-balances osmotic pressure

2. Plants use thylakoid filled chlorophyll structures as a first step to produce energy and finish the process in what is called the "dark reactions" (aka Calvin Benson cycle); animals on the other hand do not produce any energy, but rather extract energy by a process of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and electron transfer phosphorylation.

3. Vacuoles are small and numerous in animal cells, whil plant cells typically have only one large vacuole.

- there are a few other differences that you may be looking for, but are not as pronounced, such as:

different shape and size tendencies, Plastids are absent in animal cells, lysosomes are not typically found in plant cells, plasmodesmata are absent in animal cells, plant cells cannot be phagocytic,

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