Similarities And Differences Between Kingdom Animalia And Kingdom Plantae

There are five kingdoms of organization classifications, but the two most known are Kingdom Animalia and Kingdom Plantae. These two kingdoms have similarities and differences in cell biology and nutrient absorption.

Plant and animal cells are similar in cell biology in that that they both are Eukaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells contain plasma membranes, DNA, and ribosomes (What Is a Eukaryotic Cell). However, the difference between animals and plants is that animals lack organelles that plants contain. Plants have vacuoles which store material such as water and waste (Vacuole (plants)). Chloroplasts are another key difference between the two. Chloroplasts are organelles that are referred to as plastids. Plastids contribute to storing important

nutrients and assisting in energy production. The plastid chloroplast makes up the green pigment in plants, chlorophyll, and harvests light energy for photosynthesis (Bailey, Regina). Plants also have a cell wall, which provides structure for the plant. Both animals and plants have a plasma membrane, (controls what goes in and comes out of cell), nucleus (stores genetic information), ribosomes (makes proteins), and mitochondria (“power plant” of cell).
Another key difference between animals and plants is nutrients absorption. Plants are able to produce their own nutrients through photosynthesis and cellular respiration, where animals are only able to use cellular respiration. In short, photosynthesis is the process of plants absorbing light energy into sugars through chemical reactions and uses carbon dioxide (An Introduction to Photosynthesis and Its Applications). Cellular respiration in plants and animals exhausts sugars for energy.