PlantvAnimal Cells, Cell compartmentalisation and endosymbiosis

Question 1

What is/Why are cells compartmentalised

Answer 1

Cell compartmentalization refers to the way organelles in eukaryotic cells live and work in separate areas within the cell in order to perform their specific functions more efficiently

Question 2

What is endosymbiosis

Answer 2

A symbiotic relationship where one organism lives inside the other.

Question 3

Evidence of endosymbiosis for eukaryotic cells

Answer 3

mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own circular DNA (prokaryotes also have circular DNA), mitochondria and chloroplasts have a double membrane