Question

You scoop up a water sample from a local pond nearby, because you are curious about the possible microbes that might live there. After looking at several slides that held drops of the sample, you noticed two different kinds of cells: Once kind was very small and had no separate internal structures; the other kind was much larger, and it contained several kinds of internal structures that were physically different from each other. Please name each cell and briefly describe their overall similarities and differences

Answer 1

One cell is prokaryotic which is small and have no internal separate structure and 2nd type which are larger and have separate internal structure is eukaryotic cell(protista)

Similarities-

Both are small that can't be seen by naked eyes.

Both posses genetic material.

Both are covered by envelope from outside.

Dissimilarities-

Prokaryotic cell nucleus is not enveloped by nuclear membrane while eukaryotic one have.

Compartmentalization of cytoplasm is not found in prokaryotic one but it is found in eukaryotic cell because it consists organelles.