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  1. 4 days ago · In plants, chloroplasts occur in all green tissues, though they are concentrated particularly in the parenchyma cells of the leaf mesophyll. Dissect a chloroplast and identify its stroma, thylakoids, and chlorophyll-packed grana. Chloroplasts circulate within plant cells.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ChloroplastChloroplast - Wikipedia

    All green parts of a plant contain chloroplasts—the chloroplasts, or more specifically, the chlorophyll in them are what make the photosynthetic parts of a plant green. The plant cells which contain chloroplasts are usually parenchyma cells, though chloroplasts can also be found in collenchyma tissue. [147]

  4. Jan 29, 2024 · Chloroplasts have a lens shape in plants, although they have different shapes in algae, like a cup, a net, or a spiral. A typical chloroplast size is 3-10 μm in diameter and 1–3 μm thick. Each chloroplast contains at least three membrane systems: the outer membrane, inner membrane, and thylakoid system.

  5. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls allow plants to have rigid structures as varied as wood...

  6. Chloroplasts are found only in plants and photosynthetic algae. (Humans and other animals do not have chloroplasts.) The chloroplast's job is to carry out a process called photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, light energy is collected and used to build sugars from carbon dioxide.

  7. Aug 2, 2014 · Chloroplasts are tiny factories inside the cells of plants. They are also found in the cells of other organisms that use photosynthesis. Chloroplasts take the energy from the sunlight and use it to make plant food.

  8. Apr 27, 2017 · Chloroplasts are the part of plant and algal cells that carry out photosynthesis, the process of converting light energy to energy stored in the form of sugar and other organic molecules that the plant or alga uses as food.

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