Chloroplasts
and Centrioles
By Rotimi, Stephen, Chris, and Nick
Chloroplasts
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Are only found in plant cells.
Replace mitochondria
Produce energy from sunlight
Thylakoids trap the sunlight
A group of thylakoids is called a granum.
Function
• This cells purpose is to make food
• It takes water and CO2 and uses sunlight to make it
into sugars
Interesting Facts
• Give pants their green color.
• Is necessary in photosynthesis.
• The one unique organelle that only plants have.
And on to Centrioles!
What do They Look Like?
• Made of nine microtubules arranged in a circular
shape
 gives them a cylinder appearance
Where are They Located?
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Found in animal cells and most protist cells
Float around in the cytoplasm
Located near the nucleus
Found in pairs
Function
• Helps in cell division
• nucleation points for spindle formation during
mitosis and meiosis
• The basal body for cilia and flagella
Work Cited
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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/chloroplasts/images/chloroplastsfigure1.jpg
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/centrioles/images/centriolesfigure1.jpg
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology/chloroplast.html
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/Resources/Botany/Plant%20Cell/Electron%20Micrographs/Pl
astids/Chloroplasts/Chloroplast%20EN.jpg
http://www.kscience.co.uk/as/module1/chloroplast.htm
http://images.tutorvista.com/content/cell-organization/structure-of-centriole.jpeg
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/centriole-function.html
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/uyFn_Tje2Gk/T13leYSD9hI/AAAAAAAAAZA/J_NFQbcc4YU/s1600/6-+centrioles.jpg