What do animal and plant cells have in common?

Plant and animal cells both have a nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, a Golgi apparatus, vesicles, mitochondria and a cell membrane. Each of these components work together to keep the cell healthy and functioning properly. read more

The basic difference between a plant and animal cell is that the animal cell has just a cell membrane whilst a plant cell has a cell wall as well as a cell membrane. read more

Both plant and animal cells have mitochondria to produce ATP from the breakdown of these organic sugars such as glucose. The animal cell also has two centrioles which a plant cell doesn't have. Centrioles are used for cell division in animal cells during both Mitosis and Meiosis by helping with the organization of chromosomes. read more