Observe the following diagram given as Fig. 8.1.

Answer the following questions.

A. Does it represent a plant cell or an animal cell?

B. Does it represent a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell?

A. It represents an animal cell. The cell wall is present in plants but absent in animal cells. So cell wall is the only feature that distinguishes both.

B. It represents a eukaryotic cell. Prokaryotes are a group of organisms which lack a well defined nucleus, nucleolus, and other cell organelles.