Eukaryotic vs Prokaryotic

• which are larger?


  Eukaryotic cells >10micrometers (prokaryotic cells are the <5 micrometers )
• Which are unicellular and which are multicellular?

  eukaryotic are multicellular

  prokaryotic are unicellular
• Which have no nucleus or any other membrane bound organelles?

  Prokaryotic cells
• Compare DNA in prokaryotes with that of eukaryotes

  eukaryotes have linear DNA associated with proteins to form chromatin

  prokaryotes have circular DNA without proteins
• What are the sizes of ribosomes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

  eukaryotic - 80S

  prokaryotic - 70S
• Do prokaryotic cells have a cytoskeleton?

  no but eukaryotic cells always do
• How do eukaryotic cells have motility (the ability of a cell to move itself)?

  due to flexible waving cilia or flagella (made of tubulin)
• How do prokaryotic cells have motility (the ability of a cell to move itself)?

  by rotating flagellum (made of flagellin)
• how do eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells divide?

  eukaryotic - by meiosis or mitosis

  prokaryotic - binary fission
• is reproduction sexual or asexual in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?

  eukaryotic - asexual or sexual

  prokaryotic - sexual
• What are the variety of metabolic pathways in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?

  Eukaryotic - common metabolic pathways

  prokaryotic - huge variety of metabolic pathways