NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

CELL ORGANELLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which organelle is in a plant cell but not an animal cell?
A
nucleus
B
Chloroplasts
C
mitochondria
D
ribosomes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, Chloroplast is the organelle that is found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cell wall, cytoplasm, and vacuole are present in plant cells but are not present in animal cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chloroplasts contain green pigment called chlorophyll which helps in manufacture of food through the process of photosynthesis. Since, animals do not manufacture food so they do not need chloroplast. And hence, chloroplast is found only in plant cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because animals get sugar from the food they eat, they do not need chloroplasts: just mitochondria. Both plant and animal cells have vacuoles.

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