Question

Compare and contrast prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. Be able to complete a table: prokaryotes in the first column, eukaryotes in the second column and rows listing different organelles or characteristics.

Answer 1

Difference between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells

Prokaryotic cells	Eukaryotic cells
Cells are smaller in size	cells are larger in size
Cells are unicellular	cells are multicellular
Cell wall is complex in nature	cell wall is simple in nature
Nucleus is absent	Nucleus is present
Ribosomes are smaller in size	Ribosomes are larger in size
Shape of ribosomes are circular	Shape of ribosomes is linear
Mitochondria is absent	Mitochondria is present
Reproduction is asexual	Reproduction is sexual & asexual
No membrane bound organelle	Membrane bound organelle s are present
Endoplasmic reticulum is absent	Endoplasmic reticulum is present
Microtubules are not present	Microtubules are present
Golgi aparatus is absent	Golgi aparatus is present
DNA is circular	DNA is linear
Under goes Binary Fission	Undergoes mitosis
Cytoskeleton is absent	cytoskeleton is present

Examples of Prokaryotic cells are Bacteria

Examples of Eukaryotic cells are plant cells