Difference between Plants and Animals
No. |
Plants |
Animals |
1. | Plants belongs to kingdom plantae. | Animals belongs to kingdom animalia. |
2. | Chlorophyll is present in the plants. | Chlorophyll is not present in the animals. |
3. | On the basis of nutrition, plants are photo autotrophs (Can produce their own food). | On the basis of nutrition, animals are heterotrophs (As they cannot produce their own food). |
4. | Plants growth is generally indefinite. | Animal growth is generally definite. |
5. | Plants are unable to move from one place to another place. | Animals are able to move from one place to another place. |
6. | Internal digestive system is absent in plants. | Internal digestive system is present in the animals. |
7. | Cells of plants contain cell wall and plants growing area is restricted to meristematic tissues. | Cell of animals do not contain cell wall and animal growth occurs in all body parts of animals. |
8. | In the plants, excretion excretes their waste in the form of gum, vapour, resins, sap etc. | In the animals, excretion excretes their waste in the form of uric acid, urea, ammonia etc. |