Plant organelles Flashcards
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tonoplast
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the specialised membranes that surrounds the permanent vacuole in plant cells and controls movements of substances into and out of the cell sap
2
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cell sap
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the aqueous solution that fills the permanent vacuole
3
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osmosis
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a specialised form of diffusion that involves that movement of solvent molecules down their water potential gradient
4
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chloroplasts
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organelles adapted to carry out photosynthesis containing the green pigment chlorophyll
5
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chlorophyll
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the green pigment that is largely responsible for trapping the energy from light, making it available for the plant to use in photosynthesis
6
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amyloplasts
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plant organelles that store starch
