Animal Cell Versus Plant Cell

Questions usually asked are:
Compare and contrast between animal cell and plant cell..
..Well, to answer to this question, you just have to produce a Table to show the similarities and the differences between the two.

TIPS:
*Dont forget to look at the marks allocated befor you start answering because marks allocation will determine how many facts you should be writing for your answer...
*Draw a Table with correct, proper headings
*Put up similarities first (at least two)
*Then proceed with the differences....as many as you can remember...
*The sentences should be short and precise

Look at the suggested answer below:
Interesting facts (Extracted):




Cell walls in animal cells vs. plant cells
A notable difference between animal cells and plant cells is that animal cells do not have a cell wall where as plant cells do. Both plant and animal cells have plasma membranes.

Chloroplasts
Plant cells have chloroplast for photosynthesis whereas animal cells do not have chloroplasts.

Shape of plant cells vs animal cells
Another difference between plant cells and animal cells is that animal cells are round whereas plant cells are rectangular.
Further, all animal cells have centrioles whereas only some lower plant forms have centrioles in their cells.

Vacuoles in plant cells vs. animal cells

Difference in shape and size of vacuoles
Animal cells have one or more small vacuoles whereas plant cells have one large central vacuole that can take up to 90% of cell volume.

Difference in function of vacuoles
In plant cells, the function of vacuoles is to store water and maintain turgidity of the cell. Vacuoles in animal cells store water, ions and waste.

Interesting Link to follow:
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Animal_Cell_vs_Plant_Cell#