Structure of Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Organisms

(True/False) A prokaryotic cell has membrane bound organelles.

False, eukaryotic cells have membrane bound organelles. Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms that lack organelles or other internal membrane-bound structures.

(True/False) Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells are organized into complex structures by internal membranes and a cytoskeleton.

True, Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells are organized into complex structures by internal membranes and a cytoskeleton. Whose cells have a cell nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes.

(True/False) Eukaryotes can be single-celled or multi-celled.

True, Eukaryotes can be single-celled or multi-celled, such as you, me, plants, fungi, and insects.

(True/False) Eukaryotic cells have linear and more DNA.

True, Eukaryotic cells do have linear and more DNA.

(True/False) The four eukaryotic kingdoms are animals, plants, fungi, and protists.

True, animals, plants, fungi, and protists are Eukaryotes.

(True/False) Prokaryotic cells are an example of bacteria.

True, bacteria are an example of prokaryotes. A bacteria cell gets along just fine without organelles, but bacteria are tiny. That's why we're able to have so many of them in our body without really noticing them.

(True/False) The kingdoms that are made up of prokaryotic cells are Bacteria and Archaea.

True, in time the prokaryotes of the kingdom Monera were separated into the kingdom Archaea and the kingdom Bacteria.

(True/False) A prokaryotic cell does not have a nucleus.

True, instead of a nucleus they have a single chromosome: a piece of circular, double-stranded DNA located in an area of the cell called the nucleoid.

(True/False) Some Prokaryotes are multi-cellular.

True, most are unicellular, but some prokaryotes are multi-cellular.

(True/False) A eukaryotic cell was the first type of cell to appear on earth.

False, A prokaryotic cell was the first type of cell to appear on earth.

(True/False) Prokaryotes wrap their DNA around proteins called histones.

False, Eukaryotes wrap their DNA around proteins called histones.

(True/False) Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells have both a vesicle organelle and a Golgi apparatus.

False, Prokaryotic cells do have vesicle organelle but not a Golgi apparatus.

(True/False) Eukaryotic cells have a small, circular DNA genome.

False, Prokaryotic cells have a small, circular DNA genome.

(True/False) A eukaryotic cell is 5 times bigger compared to a prokaryotic cell.

False, a eukaryotic cell can be up to 1000 times larger compared to a typical prokaryotic cell.

(True/False) Multiple proteins act together to fold and condense prokaryotic DNA.

True, multiple proteins act together to fold and condense prokaryotic DNA. Folded DNA is then organized into a variety of conformations that are super-coiled and wound around tetramers of the HU protein.

(True/False) Eukaryotic cells have much more DNA.

True, our eukaryotic cells are bigger in size, with much more DNA. More DNA means more transcription, and more transcription means more translation, and more translation means more proteins. Bigger cells create the need for organelles.

(True/False) The plasma membrane or cell membrane controls what moves into and out of the cell

True, the basic function of the cell membrane is to protect the cell from its surroundings. The cell membrane controls the movement of substances in and out of cells and organelles.