Name:____________________________ Assessment Date: Wed. 10/14, Thurs. 10/15
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Assessment Study Guide
1. Why would we use a microscope?
2. What are some obvious organelles we would see when looking at a cell under the
microscope?
3. The three parts of the cell theory:
 All organisms are composed of one or more ___________.
 The cell is the basic __________ of life in all living things.
 All cells come from __________________ cells.
4. Three important scientists to remember:
Robert Hooke
1665
1st person to observe and name dead cells in ______.
Theodor Schwann
1839
Said the cell is the basic unit of structure in _________
Rudolph Virchow
1858
Said all living cells come from ______________ cells
5. Cells are the structures that contain all of the materials necessary for ___________.
6. Prokaryotic cells- cells that do not have a ___________________
Examples: ________________
_________________
7. Eukaryotic cells- all organisms other than ____________ which all have a nucleus
8. Unicellular or Single Celled-an organism made up of only _________cell.
9. Multicellular- an organism made up of one or more _________.
10. Organelles- parts of the cell that allow the cell to live, grow, and reproduce
11. Cytoplasm- ______________ like substance inside the cell
12. Cell Membrane- a flexible layer that surrounds the cell, keeps the cytoplasm inside and
allow __________________ in and waste products ___________.
13.Nucleus- only in __________________cells, contains the cell’s _____ ___ and is the
control center of the cell, like the brain.
14.Cell Wall- a structure that surrounds the cell membrane of plant and bacteria cells.
Animal cells do ___________have a cell wall
Be able to compare the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic Cells
_____ ___________
No membrane-covered organelles
_____________ DNA
________________
Eukaryotic Cells
Nucleus
_______________-covered organelles
____________ DNA
All other cells
___________________
_
____________________
DNA
DNA
Cell membrane
cytoplasm
Cell Wall
The cell wall allows a plant to
________ _____________
All cells have four things in common:
1._____________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________________
4._____________________________________________________________________
Circle answer: Human cells are (prokaryotic/eukaryotic) and (unicellular/multicellular).
True/False: Elephants are larger than humans because they have more cells.