GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

CELL ORGANELLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which organelle is nicknamed the “food factory” because of its role in photosynthesis?
A
Chloroplast
B
Cytoplasm
C
Vacuole
D
Nucleus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chlorophyll present in the chloroplast absorbs sunlight and uses its energy to synthesise carbohydrates from carbondioxide and water. Hence, chloroplast is the food factory of the cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chloroplasts produce energy through photosynthesis and oxygen-release processes, which sustain plant growth and crop yield. As such, chloroplasts are responsible for the biosynthesis of active compounds such as amino acids, phytohormones, nucleotides, vitamins, lipids, and secondary metabolites [9].

Detailed explanation-3: -In a plant cell, chloroplast makes sugar during the process of photosynthesis converting light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chloroplasts are the organelles that produce glucose and oxygen, via oxygenic photosynthesis, a process that can be loosely summarized as: carbon dioxide + water + light energy-> carbohydrate + oxygen.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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