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  Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are different from animal cells.                                                             [NCERT]

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Plant cell	Animal cell
1. Plant cells are larger in size	1. Animal cells are comparatively smaller in size
2. They contain cell wall made of cellulose, which is present outside the plasma membrane.	2. C ell wall is absent. Only plasma membrane is present.
3. They contain plastids, i.e., chloroplasts, leucoplasts and chromoplasts.	3. Plastids are absent.
4. Centrosome is absent.	4. Centrisome is present.
5.Larger vacuoles are present	5. Vacuoles either absent or are very small in size.
6. Food is stored in the from of starch	6. Food is stored in the from of glycogen
7. Lysosomes either absent or are very few in number.	7. More number of prominent lysosomes are present.

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