Comparison Of Prokaryotic And Eukaryotic Cells

Question 1

Nucleus

Answer 1

Not present in prokaryotic

Present in eukaryotic

Question 2

DNA

Answer 2

Circular in prokaryotic

Linear in eukaryotic

Question 3

DNA organisation

Answer 3

Proteins fold and condense DNA in prokaryotic

Associated with proteins called histones in eukaryotic

Question 4

Extra chromosomal DNA

Answer 4

Circular DNA called plasmids in prokaryotic

Only present in some organelles such as chloroplasts and mitochondria in eukaryotic

Question 5

Organelles

Answer 5

Not membrane bound in prokaryotic

Membrane bound in eukaryotic

Question 6

Cell wall

Answer 6

Peptidoglycan in prokaryotic
Chitin fungi
Cellulose in plants
Not present in animals

Question 7

Ribosomes

Answer 7

Smaller in prokaryotic

Question 8

Cytoskeleton

Answer 8

Present in both but more complex in eukaryotic

Question 9

Reproduction

Answer 9

Binary fission in prokaryotic

Asexual or sexual in eukaryotic

Question 10

Cell type

Answer 10

Unicellular in prokaryotic

Unicellular or multicellular in eukaryotic

Question 11

Surface membrane

Answer 11

Present in both