Chloroplast

Question 1

Chloroplast - structure

Answer 1

• have a double membrane
• has a stroma
  - transparent liquid
  - has ribosomes, lipids, startch
• stroma has a number of flat sacs
  - thylakoids
• pile of thylakoids is a granum
  - granum has 2-100 thylakoides
  - have photosynthetic pigment
  (chlorophyll)
• this creates an extensive area to capture light
  energy

Question 2

Chloroplast - function

Answer 2

• site of photosynthesis