Question

A student claims that the only difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells is that

eukaryotic cells have a nucleus, but prokaryotic cells do not. What is wrong with this claim?

The description of the cell types is incorrect.

Prokaryotic cells have a nucleus, and eukaryotic cells do not.

The description of the cell types is incorrect. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have a nucleus.

There is another difference between the cell types. Eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound organelles, but
prokaryotic cells do not.

There is another difference between the cell types. Eukaryotic cells have a cell membrane, but prokaryotic
cells have a cell wall instead.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Eukaryotic cells:

• There is a well defined nucleus

• They are membrane bounded cell organelles like chloroplast, golgi bodies, mitochondria.

Prokaryotic cells:

• The nucleus are not well defined

• Cell organelles are not bounded by membrane