Download The Chloroplast

 Plants
 Protists
(Algae, Euglena)
Algae on Water
Euglena
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Outer and inner membranes.
Granum-closed compartments of stacked
membranes.
Granum contain disk-like structures known
as thylakoids.
Thylakoid surface has light-capturing
photosynthetic pigment.
Lumen- inner thylakoid
Stroma-fluid surrounding thylakoid, contains
glucose synthesizing enzymes
Make food for the organism.
 Absorb sunlight for photosynthesis.
 Photosynthesis- process where carbon
dioxide, sunlight and water are used to
make ATP and NADPH for energy
 Oxygen is a byproduct of photosynthesis
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