Plants, animals, fungi and protista are composed of eukaryotic cells. In these cells organelles create compartments where specific biochemical reactions occur.
Quite a useful site for the structure of plant and animal cells- http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
Animal vs. Plant Cell
Typical Animal Cell
Typical Plant Cell
Differences between Animal and Plant cells
| Animal Cell Absent | Plant Cell Present (formed of cellulose) |
| Round (irregular shape) | Rectangular (fixed shape) |
| One or more small vacuoles (much smaller than plant cells). | One, large central vacuole taking up 90% of cell volume. |
| Present in all animal cells | Only present in lower plant forms. |
| Animal cells don't have chloroplasts | Plant cells have chloroplasts because they make their own food |
| Absent | Present |
| only cell membrane | cell wall and a cell membrane |
| Lysosomes occur in cytoplasm. | Lysosomes usually not evident. |
| Present | It is very rare |
Still a little unsure of which to do. Will need to think about it a little bit more until I'm sure of which one to do. But I'm starting to think of how I want to show my animation. I'm thinking of making the inside of the cell like an environment that your taken through and you see each part of the cell structure and it's animated in a way that shows how it functions and each structure functions.
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