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Cell Structure Prokaryotes And Eukaryotes

Name ____________________________________________________ Period ___________ Date ___________________

Cell Structure: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

What’s the Difference?

Look at the two drawings of prokaryotes and eukaryotes; discuss with your partner the similarities

and differences between the two cells.

Eukaryote (note: this drawing shows half a plant cell and

Prokaryote:

half an animal cell):

List the five parts that Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes both have:

1. ___________________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

4. ___________________________ (with just Plant Eukaryotes)

5. ___________________________ (with just Animal Eukaryotes)

Do Prokaryotes have a nucleus? ________

Which is more complex, Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes? _______________________

Which is larger? ____________________

Why are cells named that way?

From Greek words…

EU means __________________. PRO means __________________. KARY means __________________.

Eukaryote = ____________________; Prokaryote = ____________________.

All cells have ____________________, in eukaryotes it is stored in the ____________________.

Prokaryotes don’t have a nucleus, and it floats around in the cytoplasm in an area called a

____________________. Only eukaryotes have ____________________.

Cell Structure Prokaryotes And Eukaryotes