Directions: This exercise is to help you get ready for the midterm (so don’t put this off th
until the evening before it’s due…). So that you develop an understanding of cells and how tey
work, answer the following: A. How are Prokaryotic cells and Eukaryotic cells similar? How are
they different? B. How are plant cells and animal cells similar? How do they differ? Identify and
describe, in one or two sentences, the functions of the major organelles both Prokaryotic and
Eukaryotic cells. Be sure to include: nucleus, nuclear membrane, nuclear pore, chromosomes,
rough endoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria/chlorplasts,
ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, vesicles, lysosomes, cytoskeleton, cellular membrane,
cytoplasm/cytosol, flagella, and cilia
Write clearly and concisely 2-5 pages of typed, double-spaced text
NO FOLDERS, NO FACSIMILE (FAX)PAPER, AND NO ONION SKIN
PAPER, and NO USE OF SECOND PERSON REFERENCES (you, your, etc. I hate these)