Question

State the difference between Cytoplasm and protoplasm.

Answer 1

Hint: Cytoplasm and protoplasm both are the constituents of the cell, out of which one of them plays a major role in making the cell living while the other one helps in holding the various cell organelles together.

Complete answer:
Each of the cells is filled by a thick jelly-like solution called the cytoplasm and is also protected by an outer membrane called the cell membrane.
Each cell consists of a living part that is called the protoplasm and is found to be enclosed by a plasma membrane.
The cell consists of several cell organelles like the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi body, etc. Which are engulfed in a gel-like substance called cytosol and together all of them are known as cytoplasm but it does not involve the nucleus.

Difference between cytoplasm and protoplasm

Cytoplasm	Protoplasm
It consists of a jelly-like substance called cytosol and all cell organelles.	It consists of cytosol, cell organelles along with the nucleus.
It is made up of water and structural filaments.	It is made up of cytoplasm, nucleoplasm, and nucleus.
It is one of the constituents of protoplasm.	It is a thick, viscous fluid made up of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acid, and inorganic salts.
It is a semi-solid material, present between the nucleus and the cell membrane.	It is the living substance of the cell, and it surrounds the cell membrane.

Note: In prokaryotes, only the cytoplasm is present since there is no distinct nucleus and other cell organelles. The cytoplasm itself contains the chromatin and protects genetic material by behaving as the nucleoplasm in prokaryotes. In eukaryotes, as the nucleus is present so it covers the area inside the cell and outside the nucleus.