eukaryotes

• 3 examples of eukaryotes

  animals, plants, fungi
• what is DNA contained in in a eukaryotic cell?

  a membrane-bound nucleus
• what do red blood cells do with their nucleus

  they lose it as they develop
• what is DNA tightly wrapped around

  proteins called histones
• what forms chromosomes

  DNA and histone proteins
• why do eukaryotic cells tightly coil their DNA into chromosomes

  so they can pack a lot more DNA into their nucleus
• what kind of molecule is DNA in EC

  linear
• what does it mean to be a linear molecule

  the ends of the DNA in a chromosome aren't formed to join a loop
• what organelles are in animal cells?

  cytoplasm

  nucleus

  mitochondria

  Golgi apparatus

  endoplasmic reticulum

  ribosomes
• what organelles are in plant cells?

  cytoplasm

  nucleus

  mitochondria

  Golgi apparatus

  endoplasmic reticulum

  chloroplasts

  vacoule
• what feature do organelles have

  they are membrane-bound