$(i)$ Draw a diagram of a prokaryotic cell and label the following parts on it: Cell wall,ribosome,nucleoid,plasma membrane.
$(ii)$ Why are organisms like bacteria called prokaryotes?

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(N/A) $(i)$ The diagram of a prokaryotic cell is provided in the image.
$(ii)$ In bacteria,the nuclear region is poorly developed or undefined because it lacks a nuclear membrane. Such an undefined nuclear region,which contains only nucleic acids,is called a nucleoid. Organisms that possess such cells with an undefined nuclear region are called prokaryotes (pro = primitive,karyote = nucleus).

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