NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

CELL STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Contains chlorophyll and is where photosynthesis takes place. Found in plant cells only.
A
mitochondria
B
cholorplast
C
vacuole
D
cytoplasm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chlorophyll is located in a plant’s chloroplasts, which are tiny structures in a plant’s cells. This is where photosynthesis takes place.

Detailed explanation-2: -In plants, chloroplasts are concentrated particularly in the parenchyma cells of the leaf mesophyll (the internal cell layers of a leaf).

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two distinct regions present inside the chloroplasts. One is grana and the other is stroma. Grana is made up of stacks of disc-shaped structures known as thylakoids. These contain the chlorophyll molecule.

Detailed explanation-4: -In plants and algae, which developed much later, photosynthesis occurs in a specialized intracellular organelle-the chloroplast. Chloroplasts perform photosynthesis during the daylight hours.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chloroplasts are found in plant cells, but not in animal cells. The purpose of the chloroplast is to make sugars that feed the cell’s machinery. Photosynthesis is the process of a plant taking energy from the Sun and creating sugars.

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