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Why does a plant cell have a chloroplasts and a animal doesn't?
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∙ 13y ago
Plants carry out photosynthesis - which occurs in the chloroplast. Animals cannot photosynthesize.
Plant cells have evolved a way to use light to provide energy for photosynthesis. The chloroplasts contain the pigment chlorphyll which allows them to utilize the energy from light. Animal cells evolved without the cellular machinery to perform photosynthesis, therefore they do not have chloroplasts and are heterotrophs, needing to feed on another organism in order to survive.
Jaunita Hand
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∙ 13y agoBecause chloroplast gives plants their green color. If animals had chloroplast in their cells, they would all be green.
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What organelles would you find in a plant and not a animal?
A plant cell has chloroplasts and a cell wall, which an animal cell doesn't have.
Where is the choloplast located in animal cell or plant cell?
Chloroplasts are found in plant cells, but not in animal cells.
How do you compare a plant cell to an animal cell?
A dog cell is an example of an animal cell.
What does only a plant cell have?
A plant cell has chloroplasts, while animal cells have lysosomes.
What components of the cell don't animal and plant have in common?
Plant cells have Chloroplasts and Cell Walls. Animal cells do not.
What does a plant cell have that a anim al cell doesnt have?
An animal cell has lysosomes and centrioles where a plant cell doesn't. also a plant cell has a cell wall and chloroplast.
Is chloroplasts found in the plant or animal cell?
the chloroplast is found in both animal and plant cells.
What structures are found in a plant cells that are not found in animal cell?
chlorophyll
Which plant cell have that an animal cell does not have?
cell wall, chloroplasts.
How would you decide if a cell was animal plant prokaryotic?
If a cell does not have a nucleus, then it is a prokaryote. If a eukaryotic cell has chloroplasts, then it is a plant or algal cell. If a cell has a nucleus but no chloroplasts, then it could be an animal cell.
How you would decide if a cell was animal plant or prokaryotic?
If a cell does not have a nucleus, then it is a prokaryote. If a eukaryotic cell has chloroplasts, then it is a plant or algal cell. If a cell has a nucleus but no chloroplasts, then it could be an animal cell.
Why does an animal cell have chloroplasts?
Chloroplasts are found only in plant cells, not in animal cells.
Is chlorophyll or chloroplasts in animal or plant cell?
Chloroplasts along with cell walls can only be found in plant cells.
How can you tell an animal and a plant cell apart?
Plant cells are usually rectangular or square, while animal cells are rounded. Plant cells also have chloroplasts, which are green, along with a cell wall and a large central vacuole. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts or cell walls. Animal cells have multiple vacuoles, and they are much smaller.
Which of the following do typical plant cells have that typical animal cells do not?
Plant cells have a large vacuole, a cell wall and chloroplasts which a typical animal cell doesn't have.
What does a plant cell have that a animal cell does not have?
Plant cells has a cell wall, a vacuole, and, chloroplasts.
What does a animal cell not have that a plant cell does have?
Plant cells has a cell wall, a vacuole, and, chloroplasts.
