Chloroplast
Marjorie Boone
Chloroplasts
 Chloroplasts
are found in plant and algal cells
Main roles
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Chloroplasts conducts
photosynthesis
The photosynthetic
pigment chlorophyll
captures the energy
from sunlight.
Chloroplasts stores the
sunlight in the energy
storage molecules ATP
and NADPH while
freeing oxygen from
water.
ATP & NADPH
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ATP synthase binds
ADP and P together as
the hydrogen atoms.
NADP+ accepts and
carries two pairs of
hydrogen atoms, while
becoming NADPH.
ATP and NADPH goes
to the Calvin Cycle
and is taken in. NADP+
and ADP is released to
the light dependent
reactions.
Carbon dioxide is
taken in, and glucose
is released in the light
independent reaction.
Thylakoids
 Chloroplasts
have
thylakoids inside of
them.
 On
the thylakoid
membranes are
photosynthetic
pigments, including
chlorophyll.
Three types of plastid.
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Chromoplasts are
variously colored plastids.
Mostly in tin flowers and
fruits.
Chloroplasts, the
presence of chlorophyll
causes it to have the
green plastids.
Leucoplasts is colorless
and store the food of the
plant body in the form of
starch, protein and lipids.