DENDROLOGY

TREE PHYSIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Photosynthesis can only occur in organism that has?
A
Cell wall
B
Chloroplast
C
Vacuole
D
Epiderm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In plants and algae, which developed much later, photosynthesis occurs in a specialized intracellular organelle-the chloroplast. Chloroplasts perform photosynthesis during the daylight hours. The immediate products of photosynthesis, NADPH and ATP, are used by the photosynthetic cells to produce many organic molecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cyanobacteria are a diverse group of photosynthetic bacteria that were previously known as ‘blue green algae’. These prokaryotes perform photosynthesis even though they do not have chloroplast. This is because they possess chlorophylls in the cytoplasm.

Detailed explanation-3: -Photosynthesis does not only occur in the higher green plants; it occurs in algae and bacteria as well, albeit a little differently. Bacteria are unique in that they do not have chloroplasts, which, as we well know by now, are the main sites of photosynthesis in the green plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chloroplasts are the food producers of the cell. The organelles are only found in plant cells and some protists such as algae. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts. Chloroplasts work to convert light energy of the Sun into sugars that can be used by cells.

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