4.1.1.1 Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes

Question 1

State characteristics of eukaryotic cells

Answer 1

-proper nuclei
-usually have mitochondria, chloroplasts, etc
-animals, plants and fungi.
-cell whose major organelles are contained within membranes

Question 2

State characteristics of prokaryotic cells

Answer 2

-found in bacteria
-within the kingdom prokaryote
-no nucleus, no membrane-bound organelles.
-genuinely less complex than eukaryotic cells - unicellular
-components flow freely within the cytoplasm
-bacteria and archae

Question 3

Which type of cell has genetic material which is not enclosed in the nucleus, where it is a single DNA loop and there may be one or more small rings of DNA called plasmids.

Answer 3

Prokaryotic cells