1. Chloroplasts
The food producers of plant cells

2. Plants are the basis for all life on Earth. They make…
Sugars
Oxygen

3. Steps of Photosynthesis
1. Sun’s energy hits a chloroplast.
Chloroplast = tiny structures in leaf cells

4. 2. Chlorophyll (chemical inside chloroplasts) uses sun’s energy to…
Combine Carbon Dioxide and Water. CO² + H²O +

5. 3. Molecular reaction creates sugar and oxygen…

6. Plant uses sugar for energy.
Byproduct Oxygen sent into atmosphere.

7. Part of Chloroplast
Function
Outer Membrane
Inner Membrane
Stroma
Thylakoid
Granum

8. Photosynthesis explained

11. Chloroplast ultrastructure: 1. outer membrane 2. intermembrane space 3
Chloroplast ultrastructure: 1. outer membrane 2. intermembrane space 3. inner membrane (1+2+3: envelope) 4. stroma (aqueous fluid) 5. thylakoid lumen (inside of thylakoid) 6. thylakoid membrane 7. granum (stack of thylakoids) 8. thylakoid (lamella) 9. starch 10. ribosome 11. plastidial DNA 12. plastoglobule (drop of lipids)

12. Name:
Bio Ch 6
Part of Chloroplast
Function
Outer Membrane
Inner Membrane
Stroma
Thylakoid
Granum