We started class by finishing the Mythbusters video from yesterday. Then we labeled the parts of a plant, animal( both are eukaryotic cells), and bacterial cells (a prokaryotic cell). We discussed the parts of a bacterial cell. The parts are: cell wall, cell membrane, flagella, DNA, and pili.
Mr. Finley showed us a euglena and asked us if it was a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell. He also asked us, "what makes a cell prokaryotic? Shape vs. structure." The answer was a lot different from what I expected it to be . You might think it's a prokaryotic cell because it looks like a bacterial cell. Or you might think it's a eukaryotic cell because it has some of the same cell parts as an animal or plant cell. It's an animal cell (eukaryotic cell) because it has a cell membrane, but it also has chloroplasts like a plant cell. Since it has animal and plant cell parts, a euglena is a one-of-a kind organism. It can eat (animal characteristic), but it can also make its own food (plant characteristic). A eukarotic cell can be single celled or multicellular. A euglena is a single celled organism with both plant and animal characteristics, which makes it one-of -a kind. It was interesting because I thought it would be a prokaryotic cell.
By the way.....today is Mr. Finley's birthday!!!
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Im still alittle confused of what a prokaryote is and a eukaryote. I'm super lost. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteA prokaryote is a simpler cell (bacteria cell) that doesn't have a lot of organelles (cell parts). A eukaryote is a more organized cell ( plant and animal cells) that have more organelles.
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Also, eukaryotic cells came from prokaryotic cells. An example of a prokaryotic cell is bacteria.
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A prokaryotic cell comes first then from that comes the eukaryotic cell. from a simple cell then to a more complicated cell (like to not seeing anything to seeing a lot of part to the cell). there are more things in a eukaryotic cell. example of a eukaryotic cell is a animal call or a plant cell .
ReplyDeletethat was from ac the one above sorry
ReplyDeleteThe first comment on the blog was from CLAUDIA. sorry about that onee! and thanx for the help!
ReplyDeletethank you so much for the help! the Euglena was super confusing to me and i didnt understand how it was either prokaryotic or eukaryotic. I thought it was prokaryotic (because of the cell membrane just like you) but then the chloroplasts stood out to me and i was very confued and forgot to ask for extra help. (sorry finley :)). But now i understand the classification of the cell and i had a question- is there any name for this one of a kind organism that is the euglena????
ReplyDelete-Caroline S. :)))