a.

What is the difference between a prokaryote and eukaryote (you

may attach the PDF file of your answer in tabular form or in a Venn
Diagram)?

b. Illustrate the typical animal and plant cell and state the function of
the most important organelles (you mat attach the PDF file of your
illustration and the stated function of each organelles).

c. What are the classification of the organisms today?

Comparison Chart

BASIS FOR
PROKARYOTIC CELLS EUKARYOTIC CELLS
COMPARISON

Size 0.5-3um 2-100um

Kind of Cell Single-cell Multicellular

Cell Wall Cell wall present, comprise Usually cell wall absent, if
of peptidoglycan or present (plant cells and
mucopeptide fungus), comprises of
(polysaccharide). cellulose (polysaccharide).

Presence of Well-defined nucleus is A well-defined nucleus is

Nucleus absent, rather 'nucleoid' is present enclosed within
present which is an open nuclear memebrane.
region containing DNA.

Shape of DNA Circular, double-stranded Linear, double-stranded

DNA. DNA.

Mitochondria Absent Present

Ribosome 70S 80S

Golgi Apparatus Absent Present

Endoplasmic Absent Present

Reticulum
 BASIS FOR
PROKARYOTIC CELLS EUKARYOTIC CELLS
COMPARISON

Mode of Asexual Most commonly sexual

Reproduction

Cell Divison Binary Fission, Mitosis

(conjugation,
transformation,
transduction)

Lysosomes and Absent Present

Peroxisomes

Chloroplast (Absent) scattered in the Present in plants, algae.

cytoplasm.

Transcription Occurs together. Transcription occurs in

and Translation nucleus and translation in
cytosol.

Organelles Organelles are not Organelles are membrane

membrane bound, if bound and are specific in
present any. function.

Replication Single origin of replication. Multiple origins of

replication.

Number of Only one (not true called More than one.

Chromosomes as a plasmid).

Examples Archaea, Bacteria. Plants and Animals.