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Contents Introduction 2 Differences between plants and animals cells 2 Differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells 6 Advantages of using optical and electron microscopes in studying the structure of cells 8 Bibliography 9 Introduction Cells were first described in 1665 by Robert Hooke. A cell is the smallest independent unit of life; they carry out the essential processes that make the organism a living thing. Cells share certain structural and functional unit of an organism. Living cells are divided into two types prokaryotic and eukaryotic. This division is based on internal complexity. Differences between plants and animals cells Animals and plant cells are quite similar when you study them. They both contain: * Protoplasm. * A cell membrane * Cell membrane * Nucleus controlling the vital functions of the cells Few differences that exist between plant and animals are very significant and reflect a difference in the functions of each cell. The main structural difference between plant and animal cells is that plant cells have chloroplasts, a cell wall...

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