LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

CELL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these does an animal cell NOT have?
A
Nucleus
B
Chloroplast
C
Cytoplasm
D
Cell Membrane
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Because animals get sugar from the food they eat, they do not need chloroplasts: just mitochondria.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a common perception that animal cells do not have chloroplasts, the organelles that performs photosynthesis. Yet, a small number of sea slugs are able to incorporate carbon from CO2 by performing photosynthesis using sequestered chloroplasts from the macroalgae in their diet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike the eukaryotic cells of plants and fungi, animal cells do not have a cell wall. This feature was lost in the distant past by the single-celled organisms that gave rise to the kingdom Animalia.

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