Plant Cell
contains...
Cell wall - a thick, rigid membrane that surrounds the plant cell.
chloroplast - an elongated or disc-shaped organelle containing chlorophyll. Photosynthesis (in which energy from sunlight is converted into chemical energy - food) takes place in the chloroplasts.
chlorophyll - chlorophyll is a molecule that can use light energy from sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide gas into sugar and oxygen (this process is called photosynthesis). Chlorophyll is magnesium based and is usually green.
Animal Cell
- does not contain cell wall
- does not contain chlorophyll or chloroplasts
- smaller vacuole
- energy source = ATP
Prokaryotic Cell
-lacks a membrane-bound nucleus
- lacks most of the organelles of an animal/plant
- genetic info is in a circular loop called plasmid
- roughly the size of an animal mitochondrion
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