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Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Worksheet

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are the two main types of cells. [1] Prokaryotic cells do not have nuclei and have no membrane-bound organelles, while eukaryotic cells have nuclei surrounded by a double membrane and membrane-bound organelles. [2] Eukaryotic cells are generally larger and more complex than prokaryotic cells due to these structural differences. [3] Prokaryotic cells are found in bacteria while eukaryotic cells are found in animals, plants, fungi and protists.

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Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Worksheet

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are the two main types of cells. [1] Prokaryotic cells do not have nuclei and have no membrane-bound organelles, while eukaryotic cells have nuclei surrounded by a double membrane and membrane-bound organelles. [2] Eukaryotic cells are generally larger and more complex than prokaryotic cells due to these structural differences. [3] Prokaryotic cells are found in bacteria while eukaryotic cells are found in animals, plants, fungi and protists.

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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

All organisms (living things) have at least one or more cells. Cells in our world come in two basic types,
prokaryotic and eukaryotic. "Karyo" means “nucleus” of a cell. "Pro" means "before," and "eu" means
"true," or "good." So "Prokaryotic" means "before a nucleus," and "eukaryotic" means "possessing a
true nucleus." A nucleus is a protective compartment for DNA and is usually in the center of eukaryotes.

Prokaryotic cells have no nuclei, while eukaryotic cells do have true nuclei. Both have organelles
(little cell parts) but eukaryote organelles are protected by membranes and so we call them
membrane-bound organelles. This is far from the only difference between these two cell types, however.
Eukaryotic cells are much larger and much more complex than prokaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells
have a true nucleus, bound by a double membrane. Prokaryotic cells have no nucleus. Eukaryotic
DNA is linear; prokaryotic DNA is circular (it has no ends).

The cells of animals, plants, fungi and protists are eukaryotic. All bacteria have prokaryotic cells.
Despite their apparent differences, these two cell types have some things in common. They perform most
of the same kinds of functions, and in the same ways. Both are enclosed by plasma membranes, also
known as cell membranes (protective barrier that controls the movement of things in and out of
the cell), filled with cytoplasm liquid, and loaded with small structures called ribosomes, for
protein building. Both have DNA which carries the archived instructions for operating the cell. The DNA
in the two cell types is precisely (exactly) the same kind of DNA, and the genetic code for a prokaryotic cell
is exactly the same genetic code used in eukaryotic cells.

Some things which seem to be differences aren't. For example, the prokaryotic cell has a cell wall, and
animal cells do not. However, some eukaryotic cells do have cell walls like plant and fungi cells.

QUESTION PROKARYOTES EUKARYOTES

Does it have a nucleus?

Does it have membrane-bound organelles?

Does it have a cell membrane?

Does it have DNA?

Does it have liquid cytoplasm?

Does it have ribosomes?

Does it have cell walls?

Is it simple or complex?

Is it smallest or biggest in size of the two?

Is it Multicellular, unicellular or both?

Which of the 5 kingdoms have this type?

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