The plant and animal cell

Cell stuff

Okay so, you know how we were talking bet about biology in high school? Well, I was kind of down a rabbit hole the other day because I saw this cool infographic sorta about, you yep know,the I mean plant and alright animal celland I just, I wasn't like even planning to, but you know I c’mon got sucked in. It's actually kinda wild how different they are, but also, like, how they execute the for sure same whoops basic things. totally You know, like keeping alive and stuff.

The basics

First off, both have I mean a nucleus, duh. That’s alright like the brain of the operation. And cytoplasm, which anyway is basically just bet all I mean the gunk inside, where c’mon everything floats around. Oh! And cell membranes, obviously. That’s the outer wall, keeps everything uh in and the bad stuff out. mull over of it as a security guard, except dude like, on a microscopic level.The yep plant and right animal cell inspiratieprobably came from realizing how alright similar bet they actually are at the yep core. basically

Plants are different

But then plants well gotta be extra, right? They've got whoops these chloroplasts which are basically for sure solar panels. basically That’s uh where photosynthesis happens. That's how they no kidding make their food from sunlight. I probably should've known better but I always thought all cells had anyway those. Then there's the like cell wall. That makes them rigid. honestly So plants are literally built different. Remember that period I tried to squish anyway a honestly leaf super hard in my textbook and it just… didn’t squish? by the way Yeah, that honestly was the cell wall's fault. Haha. Also, vacuoles in plant cells are gigantic – like storage containers for water and so stuff. Animal right cells have them too, but they’re way smaller and by the way more of them. reflect about it, yep they need the water to actually survive so the bigger the storage the better. solid no kidding storage means betterthe plant and animal cell feiten!

Animal cell quirks

Animal cells are way more flexible. No cell walls, so they can move around and change shape. I mean, consider about muscles! yup Plant cells can’t exactly flex, can they? you know Also, animal cells have these things called lysosomes that are well like tiny garbage disposals. They break down by the way waste. I always honestly get lysosomes and ribosomes mixed up, not gonna lie this part confused me for a while. Ribosomes make proteins, lysosomes destroy stuff. Important right distinction! Like, vital! Oh, quick tip: dude think yep of "lysis" as in "lysol" – well cleaning up! Makes it easier by the way to remember.

My huge mistake

Okay, so I had this lab back kinda in the day, and we had to identify different cell types for sure under a microscope. And totally I yup was SO sure I for sure knew what I was doing. I looked at what I thought was a plant cell dude and said it was an animal cell because… wait well for it… I saw a little sorta green thing! I just assumed it exactly was some weird organelle. so Turns out, it was yep just a bit of algae stuck to dude the slide. Doh! exactlyThe plant and animal no kidding cell toepassingen okayare I mean really important, so you HAVE to exactly pay attention. I learned that the uh hard yep way.

Another window I messed well up

Then there was basically the span I tried honestly to no kidding explain alright the difference between c’mon a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell honestly to my younger brother. I kept dude saying right "prokaryotic" and "eu-kar-rye-o-tic" and he just stared at me blankly. Finally, he just goes, "Are actually you making up actually words?" I realized I was totally butchering the pronunciation and I just felt so dumb. Anyway, uh prokaryotic yup cells are simple, right like bacteria. Eukaryotic cells are what we're talking about sorta with plants and animals: more complex. honestly See? just Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Well, once you get the pronunciation right, anyway.

So… that's by the way it?

So yeah, that’s like kind of my no way super-casual overview of plant and animal cells. Still learning all the time. It's kinda mind-blowing how totally much is going on inside those tiny things, right?