Science.6.13.B

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The student is expected to identify and compare the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic and eukaryotic, unicellular and multicellular, and autotrophic and heterotrophic; and
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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms have an organizational structure and variations can influence survival of populations.

organism that produces its own food; includes all plants and some bacteria, Archaea, and protists

a type of cell that has a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles such as the mitochondria or chloroplasts

organism that must consume other organisms or the products of other organisms as food; includes all animals and fungi, and some bacteria, Archaea, and protists

organism that is made up of more than one cell

an individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life

a type of cell that has no nucleus or major membrane-bound organelles such as the mitochondria or chloroplast

organism that is made up of only one cell

Research

Vellai, Tibor, and Gabor Vida. “The Origin of Eukaryotes: The Difference between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells.” Proceedings: Biological Sciences 266, no. 142 (August 1999): 1571–1577. http://www.jstor.org/stable/51713.

Summary: This scientific article provides background knowledge on the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.