Animal cells are very close to plant cells, but they have one key difference that separates them; the cell wall.
A cell wall is a thicker layer on the outside of the cell membrane. These are unique, and are <u>only found in plant cells.</u> Animal cells just have the cell membrane as their outer part. This enables them to change shape due to the membrane being very flexible.
Plant cells do not change, and only conform to their cell wall's shape. This enables them to grow up (literally) to help gather sunlight and enable photosynthesis.
