Cell Structure and Function 3 Things Plant Cells Have And Animal Cells Don’t!
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Cell Structure and Function
3 Things Plant Cells Have And Animal Cells Don’t!
Cell Wall
1. Cell Wall
-ALL Cells have a Cell membrane, but plant cells ALSO have a Cell Wall-It is made of cellulose-It gives shape, support, and structure to the plant cell
Large Vacuole
2. Large Vacuole
-the large vacuole is very similar to a lysosome in an animal cell-it contains enzymes and stores water and sometimes even poisons -it is the largest plant cell structure
Plastids
3. Plastids
-plastids are specialized structures that can help make food or store important pigments or other substances
-three types of plastids are:chloroplasts – contain
cholorphyll and help with photosynthesis (green)
chromoplasts – contain pigments such as oraange (carotene), yellow (xanthophyll), and various reds
leukoplasts – help plants store starch (white)