Chloroplasts

• Where does photosynthesis take place?

  In the chloroplasts.
• What are chloroplasts?


  Flattened organelles surrounded by a double membrane found in plant cells.
• What structures are found in chloroplasts?

  Thylakoids, grana, lamellae, starch grains, and stroma.
• What photosynthetic pigments do chloroplasts contain?

  Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotene.
• What do the photosynthetic pigments in chloroplasts do?

  Absorb the light energy needed for photosynthesis.
• Where in the chloroplasts are the photosynthetic pigments found?

  In the thylakoid membranes.