Prokaryotes Vs Eukaryotes

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Prokaryotes or bacteria are made up of cells which contain no membrane-bound nucleus and no membranous organelles or no compartments. They are almost ten times smaller than eukaryotes. Without the protection of a nucleus and membrane the genetic material which make up prokaryotic is naked. Prokaryotes are made up of very few cell parts: cytoplasm, a membrane, and ribosomes which only produce protein. Other organisms contain structures but prokaryotes did not but they still contain the genetic materials needed to reproduce and orchestrate the chemical reaction functions within its cytoplasm.

Eukaryotes are all other organisms such as animals, plants, fungi and protists. Plants have large storage compartments or vacuoles to store minerals and

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