Chloroplast

• What are the structural features of chloroplasts?

  Double membrane, stroma, thylakoids, grana, lamellae, chlorophyll.
• Describe the structure of the chloroplast.

  Double membrane that surrounds a gel-like stroma.
• What is within the stroma?

  Fluid filled sacs called thylakoids.
• What do the thylakoids stack up to make?

  Grana
• What links grana together?

  Thin pieces of thylakoid membrane called lamellae link the grana together.
• What do thylakoid membranes contain?

  Photosynthetic pigments that absorb light energy for photosynthesis. (chlorophyll)
• What is the function of chloroplast?

  Site of photosynthesis.