THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF
A CELL
•PLASMA MEMBRANE   •PROKARYOTIC CELLS  CELL
SEPARATES THE CELL FROM ITS EXTERNAL
ENVIRONMENT, AND IS SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE
(CONTROLS WHAT GETS IN AND OUT). IT PROTECTS
THE CELL AND PROVIDES STABILITY.
•CYTOPLASM
Cytoplasm contains molecules such as enzymes
which are responsible for breaking down waste
and also aid in metabolic activity. Cytoplasm is
responsible for giving a cell its shape.
•NUCLEUS
The nucleus is the "control
center" of the cell, for cell
metabolism and reproduction.
CELL TYPES
Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms that
lack organelles or other internal membrane-
bound structures. Therefore, they do not have
a nucleus, but, instead, generally have a single
chromosome: a piece of circular, double-
stranded DNA located in an area of the cell
calledAdd a little Most
the nucleoid. bit ofprokaryotes
body texthave a
cell wall outside the plasma membrane.
•EUKARYOTIC CELLS 
A cell is the smallest unit of life. Cells
are often called the "building blocks of
life". The study of cells is called
cellbiology or cellular biology.
Cellsconsist of cytoplasm enclosed
within a membrane, which contains
Eukaryotic cells are cells that contain a many biomolecules such as proteins and
nucleus and organelles, and are enclosed by a nucleic acids.
plasma membrane.  Eukaryotic cells are
larger and more complex than prokaryotic
cells, which are found in Archaea and
Bacteria, the other two domains of life.

ANIMAL CELL
Animal cells are typical of the eukaryotic cell,
enclosed by a plasma membrane and containing
a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles.
Unlike the eukaryotic cells of plants and fungi,
animal cells do not have a cell wall. This feature
was lost in the distant past by the single-celled
organisms that gave rise to the
kingdom Animalia. Most cells, both animal and
plant, range in size between 1 and 100
micrometers and are thus visible only with the
aid of a microscope.
DIFFERENCE AND
PLANT CELL SIMILARITIES OF ANIMAL
AND PLANT CELL
Animal cells are mostly round and irregular in
shape while plant cells have fixed, rectangular
shapes.
Plants are unique among the eukaryotes,
Plant and animal cells are both eukaryotic
organisms whose cells have membrane-enclosed
cells, so they have several features in common,
nuclei and organelles, because they can
such as the presence of a cell membrane, and cell
manufacture their own food. Chlorophyll,
organelles, like the nucleus, mitochondria and
which gives plants their green color, enables
endoplasmic reticulum.
them to use sunlight to convert water and
carbon dioxide into sugars and carbohydrates,
Plant cells are the basic building block ofplant
chemicals the cell uses for fuel.
life, and they carry out all of thefunctions
Like the fungi, another kingdom of eukaryotes,
necessary for survival. Photosynthesis, the
plant cells have retained the protective cell
making of food from light energy, carbon
wall structure of their prokaryotic ancestors.
dioxide, and water, occurs in the chloroplasts
The basic plant cell shares a similar
of the cell.
construction motif with the typical eukaryote
cell, but does not have centrioles, lysosomes,
intermediate filaments, cilia, or flagella, as
does the animal cell. Plant cells do, however,
have a number of other specialized structures, GROUP MEMBERS:
including a rigid cell wall, central vacuole, IRVIN JACOB AQUINO
DANE MANALASTAS
plasmodesmata, and chloroplasts. 
PAUL VIRTUDAZO
AARON NATHALIEL QUINDOZA
FERDINAND ACLAN