lants | Animals |
1. Plants cannot move from one place to another. They are anchored to the soil. | 1. Animals can move from one place to another. |
2. Plants prepare their own food with the help of chlorophyll and sunlight. | 2. Animals cannot prepare their own food. They move in search of food from one place to another. |
3. Plants grow throughout their life. | 3. Animals grow only up to a certain period of their life. |
4. Plants respire with the help of microscopic pores present on their leaves and stems. | 4. Animals respire with the help of special organs like lungs, gills, trachea, etc. |
5. Plants excrete their waste by storing them in the leaves and bark of plants and then shedding them seasonally. | 5. Animals excrete their waste with the help of special organs regularly. |
6. Plants are only living things which take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen during photosynthesis. | 6. Animals take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide throughout their life. |
7. Plants reproduce with the help of seeds, stems, spores, bulbs etc. | 7. Animals reproduce by laying eggs or giving birth to young ones. |