NAME: APPIAH NUAMAH N. DIVINE.

REFERENCE NUMBER: 20894391.

COURSE CODE: BIOL 151 (CELL STRUCTURE).
PROGRAME: BSc. NURSING.
DATE: 14TH FEBUARY,2023.
ASSIGNMENT
GIVE 10 DIFFERNCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
EUKARYOTIC CELLS AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS.
I. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROKARYOTIC CELLS AND
EUKARYOTIC CELLS
PROKAYOTIC CELLS EUKARYOTIC CELLS

Nucleus is absent but they They possess nucleus

have nucleoid region in the
cell
They are unicellular They are mostly multicellular
Has a circular DNA Has a linear DNA arrangement
arrangement
Lysosomes and centrioles are Lysosomes and centrioles are
absent present
Endoplasmic reticulum absent Endoplasmic reticulum
present
Plasmids are present Plasmids are very rare to find
Mitochondrion absent Mitochondrion present
 Ranges in size from 0.2µm-
2.0µm
Golgi apparatus absent
Small ribosomes
No membrane bound cell
organelles
Ranges in size from 10µm-
100µm
Golgi apparatus present
Large ribosomes
Membrane bound cell
organelles

II. SIMILARITIES BETWEEN EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC

CELLS
1. In both cell types, cell wall is present (with some
exceptions the animal cell where cell wall is absent).
2. Both cells are enclosed by plasma membrane filled
with cytoplasm.
3. In both cell types the major bio molecules are
carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acid and lipids.
4. Both cells have vacuoles for storage of food and
liquids
5. Both cells have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as their
genetic material.
6. Both cells have ribosomes involved in the protein
synthesis.
7. Both cells contain vesicles
8. They possess cytoskeleton to support them
9. Metabolic pathways like glycolysis are common in
both cells
10. Both cells carry on the necessary life fuctions.ie
growth, excretion, Irritability etc.