Chloroplasts Flashcards
1
Q
Where are chloroplasts found?
A
-cells of photosynthesising tissues
2
Q
Where is the highest conc of chloroplasts found?
A
-palisade mesophyll cells
3
Q
How many membranes is a chloroplast surrounded by?
A
-two membranes
4
Q
Stroma is / contains
A
-fluid-filled, contains lipid droplets and starch grains
-many closed, flattened sacs called thylakoids
5
Q
What do chloroplasts contain? and what do they allow the chloroplasts to do?
A
-70s ribosomes
-circular DNA
-make own proteins and self replicate
6
Q
What is a sac of thylakoids called?
A
granum
7
Q
What is found in the thylakoids?
A
-chlorophyll
