Question

Plant and animal cells, while both eukaryotic, each have distinguishing characteristics. For example, plant cells contain chloroplasts, while animal cells do not. Which statement BEST elaborates on the reason for this difference?

A) Chloroplasts are needed for plant cells to rid themselves of waste. Animal cells do not produce any waste.
B) Chloroplasts help plants make their own food by converting light energy. Animals do not make their own food.
C) An animal cell has a cell wall, while a plant cell does not. Instead, chloroplasts line the outside of plant cells.
D) The DNA in an animal cell is housed in a nucleus, but plant cells do not contain nuclei; it is stored in chloroplasts.

Answer 1

Your answer would be B)Chloroplasts help plants make their own food by converting light energy. Animals do not make their own food.

Answer 2

The right option is; B) Chloroplasts help plants make their own food by converting light energy. Animals do not make their own food.

Plant and animal cells are eukaryotic cells (cells that have a definite nucleus and membrane bound organelles). The two cells are similar structurally, and functionally, but a few significant differences exist in each of them. Plant cells have chloroplasts (organelles that contain chlorophyll which absorbs sunlight) it uses to produce its food though photosynthesis. Animal cells do not have chloroplast. It uses mitochondria (an organelle that produces energy through respiration) to produce most of the cells energy from food. Mitochondria is also present in plants cells but it does not have the same function in plant cells.