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Science Question on What is a Cell Made Up of? What is the Structural Organisation of a Cell?

How is a prokaryotic cell different from a eukaryotic cell?

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Prokaryotic Cell and Eukaryotic Cell

Prokaryotic cellEukaryotic cell
Cell size is generally small (1 - 10 μ\mum).Cell is generally large (5 - 100 μ\mum).
Nuclear region is called nucleoid and is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane.Nuclear material is surrounded by a nuclear membrane.
Only a single chromosome is present.More than one chromosome is present.
Nucleolus is absent.Nucleolus is present.
Membrane bound cell organelles are absent.Membrane bound cell organelles.
Cell division by fission or budding (no mitosis).Cell division mitotic or meiotic.