The Cell

What You Should Know

 * Three Differences Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
 * Structure and Function of organelles common to plant and animal cells
 * Structure and Function of organelles found only in plant cells or only in animal cells

Eukaryotic Cells Have Internal Membranes That Compartmentalize Their Functions
Here's a comparison of procaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells:

Prokaryotic cells are found in the domains Bacteria and Archaea. Eukaryotic cells belong to the domain Eukarya and include animals, fungi, plants, and protists.

Three things to remember about prokaryotes:
 * 1) Chromosomes are grouped together in the "nucleoid". But since there isn't a nuclear membrane, it's not technically a true nucleus.
 * 2) There aren't any membrane-bound organelles in cytosol.
 * 3) Prokaryotes are MUCH smaller than eukaryotes (see above).

The plasma membrane forms the cell's boundary. It has semi-permeability.

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