Lance Francis R.

Geolina (mendel-12) General Biology

Checking for Understanding
1. It is a unicellular organism that lacks a nuclear membrane-enclosed nucleus or any other
membrane-bound organelles. Thus, prokaryotic cells have different shapes depending
on its kind.

2. These are cells that contain an organelles and nucleus that are enclosed by a plasma
membrane. Thus, it is larger than a prokaryotic cell.

3. The difference of the two cell is that only in the eukaryotic cell has a nucleus while
prokaryote doesn’t have. In addition, membrane-bound organelles can only be found in
the eukaryote.

4. It affects them in a way that they are able to reproduce and mutate rapidly,
environment adaptation, have a diverse metabolic system because of the efficiency of
their communication and distribution of nutrients.

5. Compared to prokaryotes as what I’ve mention above, knowing that eukaryotes is more
complicated, it requires a hefty amount of energy to adapt in its environment.

B. LET’S PRACTICE

Instruction: Read carefully the questions and complete the chart below by writing yes or no in the box for
each cell.

QUESTION PROKARYOTES EUKARYOTES

Does it have a nucleus? NO YES

Does it have membrane-bound NO YES

organelles?
Does it have a cell membrane? YES YES

Does it have DNA? YES YES

Does it have liquid cytoplasm? YES YES

Does it have ribosomes? YES YES

Does it have cell walls? YES YES

Is it simple or complex? YES YES

Is it smallest or biggest in size of

NO YES
the two?

Is it Multicellular, unicellular or
both? UNICELLULAR – NO BOTH – YES
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