Figure 3.8: Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus. Instead, their genetic material is a simple
loop of DNA. ( 6 )
Figure 3.9: Eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus (where the DNA ”lives,” and surrounded
by a membrane) and various other special compartments surrounded by membranes, called
”organelles.”Forexample,noticeinthisimagethemitochondria,lysosomes,andperoxisomes.
( 7 )