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.