plant cell
Chloroplast-containing life unit
A plant cell is the basic structural unit of plants, distinguished from animal cells by a rigid cell wall, chloroplasts for photosynthesis, and a large central vacuole.
These features allow plants to maintain their shape without a skeleton and convert sunlight into energy.
Under the microscope, the plant cells appeared as neat rectangular boxes.
- vacuoleCell's storage compartment
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- mitochondriaCell's energy-producing organelles
- plasma membraneLipid bilayer enclosing cytoplasm
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
light energy · cellulose · membrane · chlorophyll · green pigment · green · rigid · sap · starch · osmosis · turgor · ribosomes · stomata · leaf · tissue · biology · microscope · microscope slide
- cellsmitosis, meiosis, plasma membrane, chloroplast, vacuole
- botanybotany, root, leaf, photosynthesis, stem
- eukaryotesanimals, animal, nucleus, fungi, mammal
- diagramsflowchart, labeled diagram, Venn diagram, cross section, cross-section
biological organization level
plant cellwhole plant
plant tissue · organelle · chloroplast · mitochondrion · nucleus
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