CELL COMPARISONSBacteria, Virus, Amoeba, Plant, & Animal

(Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic)

1/27/2014

VirusProkaryotic, Unicellular, single celled, DNA without a Nucleus.

BACTERIAUnicellular, single celled, Prokaryotic, DNA with no nucleus

AmoebaEukaryotic, Unicellular, single celled, Nucleus

Has all the components of animal cells with some additional structures.Chloroplast - Uses sunlight to create food, photosynthesis (only found in plant cells), contains green pigment chlorophyllCell Wall - outside the cell membrane of plants and some bacteria, the cell wall serves as supportCentral vacuole - large water container, helps maintain a turgor (stiffness) in the plant

Plant Cell:

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/notes_cell.html

Animal Cell

Eukaryotic, Multicellular, many cells, Nucleus