Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
Eukaryotic cell
A type of cell with a nucleus; very complex, large in comparison to prokaryotic cells; examples of eukaryotic cells are animal cells, plant cells, and some protists.
Prokaryotic cell
A type of cell with no nucleus; most primitive, very simple; the most familiar example of prokaryotes is bacteria.
Enclosed by a cell wall, circular DNA, and reproduces asexually.
Bacterial Cell
Smallest unit of structure and function for living things.
Cell
Controls what enters and exits all cells.
Cell Membrane
Provides shape and support for plant cells. Made mostly of cellulose.
Cell Wall
Uses light energy to make food/sugar in a process called photosynthesis.
Chloroplast
Holds all other organelles.
Cytoplasm
Powerhouse of the cell Converts energy from food in a process called respiration.
Mitochondria
Control center of the cell.
Nucleus
Temporary storage center. (Stores food, water, and wastes.)
Vacuole
eukaryotic
cell type that is typically 10 times larger than the other cell type
eukaryotic
has many organelles such as chloroplasts, mitochondria, nuclei, golgi apparatus, ER
eukaryotic
plants, animals, protists, and fungi have this cell type
Enclosed by a cell membrane only, has many small vacuoles, and is spherically shaped.
Animal Cell
"Little organs" working together for the survival and function of the cell.
Organelles
Enclosed by a cell wall, one large vacuole, contains chloroplasts, square shaped.
Plant cell