How is euglena similar to a plant cell?

Answer 1

Euglena is not considered a plant cell. Euglena is unicellular while a plant cell is multicellular. Euglena is a unicellular organism with plant or animal like characteristic and called protist.

Answer 2

Euglena is both heterotrophic and autotrophic

which means they produce energy and consumption of Glucose. Euglena requires light in order to photosynthesize, however they do not require

light in order to reproduce energy though consumption

of Glucose.

Plant cells have the same basic structures as animal cells, as well as

these 2 additional structures:

Cell wall-provides support for the cell. It surrounds the cell membrane

and gives it strength and form. This allows plants to be rigid even

though they do not have a skeleton like most animals do.

Chloroplasts-the "power plants" of the cell. They make food using sunlight,

chlorophyll, carbon dioxide and water. This is a major factor in

determining if a living thing is a plant or an animal.

Plant cells generally have a square or rectangular shape as shown below.

The cell wall helps the plant cell hold its shape, which in turn helps the

entire plant hold its shape.

Answer 3

Because it has a tail like element (a flagellum) that allows it to move on its own - a characteristic of a protist in the animal kingdom, but also contains chloroplasts, which allow it to turn sunlight into chemical energy - a characteristic of a protist in the plant kingdom. Therefore, a euglena can move towards sunlight in order to get its energy.

Answer 4

A eugena is a once-celled organism that displays animal characteristics by moving about and eating.

The eugena displays plant characteristics by using photosynthesis to make its own food, as well eating.

The original classification of organisms had 2 kingdoms: Plant and animals. But when eugenii were discovered, the scientists had to add a 3rd kingdom for it . . . Protista, or protists, meaning one-celled organisms.

There are about 800 different species of eugenia.

Answer 5

Euglena has certain chloroplasts and stores food as starch.

Answer 6

A euglena is different from a plant and animal cell in that it is neither an animal nor a plant. It has totally different features from animals and plants and is considered to be a protozoan.

Answer 7

an euglena cell has a whip shape structure to catch food but a plant cell doesn't