Chloroplasts The food producers of plant cells

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Chloroplasts The food producers of plant cells

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Chloroplasts The food producers of plant cells. Plants are the basis for all life on Earth. They make…. Sugars Oxygen. Steps of Photosynthesis. 1. Sun’s energy hits a chloroplast. Chloroplast = tiny structures in leaf cells. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Plants are the basis for all life on Earth. They make…

• Sugars • Oxygen

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Steps of Photosynthesis1. Sun’s energy hits a chloroplast.

Chloroplast = tiny structures in leaf cells

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2. Chlorophyll (chemical inside chloroplasts) uses sun’s energy to…

Combine Carbon Dioxide and Water.

CO² + H²O

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3. Molecular reaction creates sugar and oxygen…

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Plant uses sugar for energy.

• Byproduct Oxygen sent into atmosphere.

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Part of Chloroplast Function

Outer Membrane

Inner Membrane

Stroma

Thylakoid

Granum

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Photosynthesis explained

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJxZH_Y5D4s&feature=related

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Chloroplast ultrastructure:1. outer membrane2. intermembrane space3. inner membrane (1+2+3: envelope)4. stroma (aqueous fluid)5. thylakoid lumen (inside of thylakoid)6. thylakoid membrane7. granum (stack of thylakoids)8. thylakoid (lamella)9. starch10. ribosome11. plastidial DNA12. plastoglobule (drop of lipids)

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Part of Chloroplast Function

Outer Membrane

Inner Membrane

Stroma

Thylakoid

Granum

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