Cells

• Cells


  The basic units of life
• Cell


  • All organisms are made of cells
  • The cell is the basic unit of life in all living things
  • All cells come from existing cells
• This is important because it shows that all living things share a similar structure
• Two types of cells

  • Prokaryotic
  • Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic cells


  • Have no membrane covered nucleus
  • Have no membrane-covered organelles
  • Have circular DNA
  • Are bacteria
• Eukaryotic cells


  • Have a nucleus
  • Have membrane-covered organelles
  • Have linear DNA
  • Are all other cells
• Organelles

  Structures that enable the cell to live, grow and reproduce