Chloroplasts - Show me the Green
thylakoid stack
A folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
Plants are the basis of all life on Earth.
They create sugars, and the byproduct of that process is the oxygen that we breathe.That process happens in the chloroplast
Chloroplasts
are the food producers of the cell.
Two membranes contain and protect the inner parts of the
chloroplast.
That chlorophyll uses sunlight to
create sugars
Plants and animals then use the sugars (glucose) for
for food and energy. Animals also use the oxygen to breathe
They use a process called photosynthesis to
get the job done.
One thylakoid stack is called a
granum
When the energy from the Sun hits a chloroplast,
hlorophyll uses that energy to combine carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O).
They are only found in
plant cells and some protists
Photosynthesis is the process of a
plant taking energy from the Sun and creating sugars.
The stroma is an area inside of the chloroplast where
reactions occur and starches (sugars) are created
The molecular reactions create
sugar and oxygen (O2).
The purpose of the chloroplast is to make
sugars and starches
Every green plant you see is working to convert the energy of the sun into
sugars.
The thylakoids have chlorophyll molecules on
their surface.
Mitochondria
work in the opposite direction and break down the sugars and nutrients that the cell receives.