Department of Education

Visayas State University – Villaba Campus

Cagnocot Villaba Leyte

1. Differentiate prokaryotic from eukaryotic cell by completing the table below.

Characteristics Prokaryotic Eukaryotic

Cell membrane Cell membrane without Cell membrane with
receptors receptors
Nucleus No nucleoli or nuclear True nucleus that contains
membrane nucleoli and nuclear
membrane
Membrane-bound organelles No membrane-bound Several membrane-bound
organelles organelles
Cell division Binary fission Mitosis
DNA DNA plasmids (DNA outside DNA plasmids are not
the chromosome), No histone common, DNA wound
proteins in chromosome, around histones, DNA
DNA transcription and transcription in nucleus while
mRNA occurs mRNA translation in cytosol
simultaneously
Example Organism Archaea and Bacteria Plants and Animals