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Ultrastructure of Cells
Explain the advantages of cell
compartmentalisation in eukaryotes.
• allows organelles to have specialised functions such as the enzymatic digestion of substances in
lysosomes
• optimal pH can be maintained in areas of the cell
• reactions can happen faster or more efficiently
• organelles can be moved around the cell
• ​allows metabolic processes to be isolated from each other
• allows the maintenance of concentration gradients
• ​provides increased surface area for reactions
• allows nutrients or waste to be stored separately from other cell components like cell sap in the
vacuoles of plant cells
• ​allows cellular communication
• ​protects cellular components from potentially damaging substances and isolates toxic substances
Compare and contrast the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Compare and contrast the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Animal cell
• electron microscope has greater resolution/magnification than light
microscpe