in three to five sentences, explain why animal cells do not require a cell wall or a central vacuole for their functions

Answer 1

Animal cells do not require a cell wall or central vacuole for their functions because they do not need to maintain a rigid structure like plant cells. Instead, they rely on the cytoskeleton, a network of protein fibers, to give them their shape and maintain their internal structure. Additionally, animal cells do not perform photosynthesis and do not need large central vacuoles to store water and nutrients as plants do.