Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes Worksheet
Name _______________________
Date ____________ Block _____
1. What is architecture? Why is this word used to describe cells?
2. Draw a Venn Diagram showing the relationship between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
3. List and describe 8 part of prokaryote cells.
Prokaryote cell part Description or function
4. Match each example with a prokaryote lifestyle
Description
Sticky covering on teeth and tongue
Stringy, slimy pond scum
Swimming around by themselves in sour milk.
Lifestyle
5. Match each prokaryote with its method of getting energy/food:
Prokaryote example
Method of getting energy
Cyanobacteria growing as a slimy layer on a
pond. Green in color.
Staphylococcus bacteria growing inside a
person’s skin and causing an infection
E. coli bacteria living inside a human’s colon,
assisting with the absorption of vitamins.
Soil bacteria causing a dead mouse to rot away
into CO2 and water.
6. Label each as prokaryotic or eukaryotic (circle one)
Plant cell
Staphylococcus cell
Fungus cell
Animal cell
Bacterial cell
Blood cell
Prokaryote
Prokaryote
Prokaryote
Prokaryote
Prokaryote
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Yeast cell
E. coli cell
mouse cell
strep germ cell
flu virus
sperm cell
P
P
P
P
P
P
E
E
E
E
E
E
7. Complete this chart of eukaryote cell parts:
Part name
Description
Function
nucleus
nucleolus
Mitochondrion(s)
Mitochondria(pl)
Ribosomes
Smooth endoplasmic
reticulum
Rough endoplasmic
reticulum
Golgi Complex
Or Golgi Apparatus
Lysosomes
Centrioles
Cytoskeleton
Cell wall
Large vacuole
Chloroplasts
8. Describe one advantage prokaryote cells have over eukaryote cells.
9. Describe one advantage eukaryote cells have over prokaryote cells.
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