What best describes a major difference between plant cells and animal cells?

Answer 1

One of the primary differences between animal and plant cells is that plant cells have a cell membrane made up of cellulose. This helps the plant cells to allow high pressure to build inside of it, without bursting. A plant cell has to be able to accept large amounts of liquid through osmosis, without being destroyed. An animal cell does not have this cell wall. If you start to fill the animal cell with too much distilled water or other fluid, it will eventually pop.

Plant cells also are different from animal cells because they use photosynthesis to covert sunlight into needed food for the plant. Plant cells have chloroplasts, which has its own DNA, essentially directing the work of the chloroplasts.

Also plant cells, if one could view them under the microscope, appear extremely different than an animal cell because of the presence of a large vacuole, which exists in the cell's cytoplasm. It usually takes up most of the room in the cell, and the membrane of the cell encircles it. It contains waste materials, water, and nutrients that can be used or secreted as necessary.

a simpler awnser:

plant cells have a cell wall, cytoplasm, and a bigger vaculoe :)

Answer 2

a number of things,

like plant cells have a cell wall, plasmodesmata, chloroplasts, and a central vacuole that animals don't have

and animals cells have lysosomes, centrosomes (with centrioles), and flagella (some plant sperm have flagella as well)

animal cells have vacuoles, but they are small and sometimes not even present.

the most major differences are the chloroplasts and cell wall in plant cells

and the lysosomes in animal cells

Answer 3

One major difference is that plant cells have a cell wall made of cellulose, which provides structural support and protection. Animal cells do not have a cell wall but instead have a flexible cell membrane.

Answer 4

Plant cells have rigid cell walls. Animal cells do not.