Prokaryotic cells are different than eukaryotic cells in many ways. Prokaryotic cell means before the nucleus and eukaryotic cell means possessing a true nucleus, emphasizing that a prokaryotic cell doesn’t have a nucleus and a eukaryotic cell do. Other differences are the types of organelles. Prokaryotic cells have free floating D.N.A. and eukaryotic cells have it enclosed in the nucleus. Also prokaryotic cells have the ribosomes by themselves while eukaryotic cells usually are ether free or attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Some prokaryotic cells include flagellum and eukaryotic cells don’t. 2) Why are these cells eukaryotic? What advantages and disadvantages does this give? Answer: plant and animal cells are both eukaryotic because they both have a nucleus. The …show more content…
By having a nucleus, there are more components that are specialized to do specific jobs because they have a ‘’boss’’ to tell them what do. The disadvantages of being a eukaryotic cell is that by having the nucleus the D.N.A. cannot get out so they have to send the mRNA to the job for them and travel out of the nucleus which takes a little more time. It is also harder for the cell to reproduce because of all the organelles it has to copy and split and to finally reproduce. 3) How are animal and plant cells different? Answer: Plant cells and animals might both be eukaryotic cells but they have their differences. Plant cells can make their own food by a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occur in the chloroplast which absorbs the energy from the sun and transforms it into food. Plant cells have a cell wall which gives them structure, support, and shape to the cell. The green pigment