- Identify the structures present in both animal and plant cells: Nucleus, Nucleolus, Mitochondrion, Lysosome, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Plasma Membrane, Cytoplasm, Free ribosomes.
- Identify the structures unique to plant cells: Cell wall, Chloroplast, Vacuole with cell sap.
- Identify the structures unique to animal cells: Centrioles (not labeled but implied by absence in plant cell), smaller vacuoles (labeled as "Vacuole" in animal cell vs. "Vacuole with cell sap" in plant cell).
- Note that the plant cell has a rigid cell wall outside the plasma membrane, while the animal cell does not.
- Observe that plant cells have chloroplasts for photosynthesis, which are absent in animal cells.
- Recognize that the large central vacuole with cell sap is characteristic of mature plant cells, whereas animal cells have smaller, multiple vacuoles.
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