🔵 Chapter 3/4: Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells

Question 1

Size of Prokaryotes

Answer 1

1 - 10 micrometers

Question 2

Size of Eukaryotes

Answer 2

10 - 100 micrometers

Question 3

Size of Viruses

Answer 3

0.1 - 0.2 micrometers

Question 4

What is the largest microbe?

Answer 4

Eukaryotes

Question 5

What’s the size of the smallest pathogenic bacteria?

Answer 5

0.2 micrometers

Question 6

How many chromosomes does a prokaryote have?

Answer 6

1

Question 7

What’s the shape of a prokaryotic chromosome?

Answer 7

circular

Question 8

Where is a prokaryotic chromosome found?

Answer 8

floating in a region of the cytoplasm called the nucleoid

Question 9

How does a prokaryote chromosome fit within a cell?

Answer 9

it’s twisted around itself using a process called supercoiling

Question 10

How many chromosomes does a eukaryote have?

Answer 10

multiple

Question 11

What’s the shape of a eukaryotic chromosome?

Answer 11

linear

Question 12

Where are eukaryotic chromosomes stored?

Answer 12

nucleus

Question 13

Histones

Answer 13

DNA of eukaryotic chromosomes wrapped around proteins

Question 14

Nucleosome

Answer 14

combination of DNA wrapped around histones

Question 15

What’s twisted together into a chromosome by supercoiling?

Answer 15

Nucleosomes