Question: Lacks organelles beyond ribosomes

Answer: Compared with a eukaryotic cell, a prokaryotic cell ___________________.

Question: Condensed Chromatin

Answer: Chromosomes are made from ______________.

Question: separate the DNA from other activities that occur in the cytoplasm

Answer: Eukaryotic cells have DNA enclosed in a double membrane called the nucleus. The nucleus functions to ______________.

Question: connect the cytoplasm of one cell with that of another

Answer: Plant cells have plasmodesmata that _____________.

Question: Which structures determine the flexibility of the extracellular matrix?

Answer: Proteins

Question: The glycoproteins found in the plasma membrane function in what capacity?

Answer: to allow one cell to recognize another of the same type or from the same body

Question: Maintaining cell shape

Answer: In bacterial cells and plant cells, cell walls function in _____________.

Question: Surface-area-to-volume ratio

Answer: Cell size is limited because ________ is critical to a cell’s function.

Question: Not allowing them to produce proteins

Answer: There is an antibiotic called streptomycin that doctors prescribe for infection. The antibiotic combines with the bacteria’s ribosomes causing them to lose their function. Consequently, the cells die and the person gets better. In other words, the antibiotic destroys bacteria by __________.

Question: does not have a membrane-bound nucleus.

Answer: A prokaryotic cell _____________.