The most observabledifference<span> is the way in which cytokinesis occurs. In </span>plants<span> a new cell wall is fashioned </span>between<span> the new daughter cells, while in </span>animal<span> cells the cell membrane constricts to pinch the parent cell into daughter cells.</span>
A compound is organic if it contains carbon covalently bonded to other atoms. Most often, the other atoms include hydrogen, oxygen, and/or nitrogen. A few carbon compounds, such as simple oxides (e.g. CO2) and cyanides (e.g. KCN) are excluded arbitrarily.
