Prokaryotic Cells

Question 1

What things do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells share?

Answer 1

Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
DNA and RNA

Question 2

Why do prokaryotic cells have a less developed cytoskeleton?

Answer 2

They don’t have centrioles

Question 3

What are prokaryotic cells walls made of?

Answer 3

Peptidoglycan

Question 4

Prokaryotic DNA is naked what does this mean?

Answer 4

It does not contain a histone protein and is found in a loop that floats freely throughout the cell

Question 5

By what process do prokaryotic divide?

Answer 5

Binary fission

Question 6

What does the flagella of bacteria do?

Answer 6

Allows movement of the cell. Propels it forward

Question 7

What do the pili of a bacteria enable?

Answer 7

Adherence to a host cell

Question 8

What do some prokaryotes have in addition to the peptidoglycan cell wall?

Answer 8

A waxy cuticle

Question 9

What are the small loops of DNA called?

Answer 9

Plasmids

Question 10

Are both plasmids and loops of DNA copied before binary fission?

Answer 10

Yes