The Chloroplast

Question 1

What is a chloroplast?

Answer 1

absorbs light energy used for photosynthesis to make useful organic compounds

Question 2

What is a thylakoid?

Answer 2

high SA - increases the rate of photosynthesis

contain photsynthetic pigments - chlorophyll a, chlorophyll B, and creatine

Question 3

What are the 6 parts of the chloroplast?

Answer 3

stroma - the site of light independent reaction

thylakoid - large sa and site of light dependent reaction

grana - stack of thylakoids

lamellae - connects the thylakoids and grana together

starch grain - circles

chloroplast DNA - looks like a fork