Cell types

Question 1

What are the characteristics of Prokaryotes?

Answer 1

• Single celled
  
  • Do not contain membrane bound organelles (chloroplasts, mitochondria)
  • Contain one circular DNA chromosome located in a generalised region called the nucleoid
  • Replicate via binary fission
  • smaller
    Examples include: Bacteria, archaea

Question 2

What are the characteristics of Eukaryotes?

Answer 2

• Single celled or multicellular
  
  • Contain membrane bound organelles
  • replicate via mitosis + meiosis
  • Larger
    Examples include: Fungi, plant and animal

Question 3

Does an animal cell have a cell wall + chloroplast?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

What does the mitochondria do

Answer 4

site of cellular respiration to create energy for the cell in the form of ATP

Question 5

what does the chloroplast do

Answer 5

site of photosynthesis

Question 6

what are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum and what do they both do?

Answer 6

Smooth- synthesizes and transports lipids
rough- transports proteins in vesicles to the Golgi apparatus