Comparing Plant and Animal Cells Organelle 1. 2. Mitochondria Function Where the cell carries out the reactions 3. Cytoplasm Controls the cell and contains DNA Nucleus cell 4. Organelle Cell Wall Chloroplast Cell Membrane Function The Green bit 1. where plants make their food via 2. photosynthesis Vacuole Gives the Cell a strong shape The Space where the cell stores the liquid 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Animal cell Let things move in and out of the Plant cell Where energy is released by respiration Comparing Plant and Animal Cells Organelle 1. 2. Mitochondria Function Where the cell carries out the reactions 3. Cytoplasm Controls the cell and contains DNA Nucleus cell 4. Organelle Cell Wall Chloroplast Cell Membrane Function The Green bit 1. where plants make their food via 2. photosynthesis Vacuole Gives the Cell a strong shape The Space where the cell stores the liquid 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Animal cell Let things move in and out of the Plant cell Where energy is released by respiration