Cell features

Eukaryotic

Complex cell with a nucleus (animal, plant)

Prokaryotic

Small cell without nucleus (bacterial)

Nucleus

Contains genetic information

Cytoplasm

Where a cells chemical reactions happen

Cell membrane

Controls what goes in and out of a cell

Ribosome

Part of a cell where proteins are made

Mitochondria

Where aerobic respiration takes place

Cell wall

Only found in plant cells- made of cellulose and supports cell

Vacuole

Only found in plant cells- contains cell sap

Chloroplasts

Only found in plant cells- where photosynthesis takes place

Plasmid

Only found in bacterial cells- small loop of DNA

Genetic material

Long strands of genes not tightly packed in a nucleus