What is the difference in a eukaryotic and a prokaryotic cell?
One of the main differences is in what the names mean. Pro-
means before. Cary- means nut (nucleus) and -otic means the process
of. So Procaryotic means before the process of the nut (nucleus).
These cells are rather primitive and where here long before
eucaryotic cells. The word eucaryotic means the process of the new
nut. The eucaryotic cell has a membrane around the nucleus and the
procaryotic cell does not. Bacteria are procaryotic and our cells
are eucaryotic.