H! Do you think prokaryotic cells would more closely be compared to the “one-room efficiency apartment” or the mansion from the introduction? Explain.


Are prokaryotic cells able to build proteins?
How do you know?

Are prokaryotic cells able to control what comes in and out of the cell?
How do you know?

Some prokaryotic cells have a feature that allows them to move around. Which feature labeled above do you think would help them move?

How is the location of DNA in a prokaryotic cell different than in a eukaryotic cell?


Bacteria have 3 main shapes; coccus (sphere-shaped), spirillum (spiral-shaped), and bacillus (rod-shaped).
On the model above, place a circle around the coccus bacterium.
Place a “squiggly” oval around the spirillum bacterium.
Place a rectangle around the bacillus bacterium.

Develop a way to help you remember the shapes of bacteria:
Coccus-
Spirillum-
Bacillus-