Plants Vs. Animals

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Plants vs. Animals Gina Morgan SCI/230 August 5, 2011 Mr. Hale Abstract Plants vs. Animals There are a lot of similarities between Plant and Animal Cells; they both contain a nucleus that has the cell's DNA, they both have mitochondria to produce energy and, ribosome's to synthesize proteins. Plants and animals also have liposome's that contain enzymes that break down large molecules and finally they both have endoplasmic reticulum that transports protein and all the other necessities that are inside and outside the cell. The differences that can be found between the plant and animal cells are that plants have a rigid cell wall chloroplasts, and animal cells don't. Also to mention they both have a different shape from one another. The animal cells are round and more circular, whereas the plant cells are rectangular. Animal cells can either have small vacuoles or have none at all; plant cells have one or more large cells. Each contains a varied amount of internal structures which have different functions too. For one we have the Plasma Membrane which is the "skin" of the cell and regulates what goes in and out of the cell such as water, waste, nutrients. The Mitochondrion is where aerobic respiration and ATP production takes place and creates the cell's energy. Then we have the Struma which is part of the chloroplasts that is in the plant cells where carbon dioxide is transformed into glucose. Endoplasmic is also in which reticulum- moves proteins around and in and out of the cell. Lysosomes - contain as many as 40 different enzymes that help break down large molecules for the cell to process. And this is what I came to with plants vs. animals. Reference: Plants vs. Animals. Retrieved: August 5, 2011, from:
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