Question

State the difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

Answer 1

1. Eukaryotic cells contains membrane bounded organelles, such as the nucleus, while prokaryotic cells do not.

2. Prokaryotes are also known as the primitive life forms as they arrived earlier than the eukaryotes during the course of evolution.

3. Eukaryotes are multicellular and prokaryotes are unicellular.

4. Ribosomes are smaller in prokaryotes and larger in eukaryotes.

5. Prokaryotes lacks 'true nucleus', whereas eukaryotes possess nucleus as well as nuclear membrane.