Plant and Animal Cells

Plant and Animal Cells

In every living thing, on Earth, there are cells. Cells keep living things organized. Just think about it, there is no way you could do everything you do and just be one cell. You would be one big blob, with many pieces (called organelles) floating around inside you. One of the main purposes of cells is to organize. You have brain cells, stomach cells, bone cells, and many other types of cells. Each is different from the others.

In the same way that there are different kinds of cells inside you, different organisms have different types of cells. Trees have different cells than you and so do dogs. Each of those cells is different in some way. It might be the DNA, or the number of mitochondria. Every cell has a specific job to do.

Animal and plant cells are both eukaryotic. Every animal and plant cell has...