chloroplast

• What are the main structural components of a chloroplast?

  • Outer membrane
  • Inner membrane
  • Intermembrane space
  • Thylakoids
  • Stroma
  • Stroma lamellae
  • Granum

  
• Why are chloroplasts considered energy-producing organelles?

  Because they convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis

  
• What are the two main membranes surrounding a chloroplast?

  • Outer membrane
  • Inner membrane

  
• What are the key components of the chloroplast's internal structure?

  • Lumen
  • Thylakoid
  • Stroma lamellae
  • Intermembrane space
  • Granum
  • Stroma

  
• What is the function of the thylakoid membranes in a chloroplast?

  They house photosystems and electron transport chains for light-dependent reactions

  
• What are grana in a chloroplast?

  Stacks of thylakoid disks that maximize surface area for photosynthesis

  
• What is the stroma in a chloroplast?

  The fluid-filled space outside the thylakoids, where the light-independent reactions (Calvin cycle) occur

  
• How do the structure of grana facilitate the efficiency of photosynthesis?

  By maximizing surface area of thylakoid membranes for more photosystems to function simultaneously

  
• Where do the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis take place within the chloroplast?

  Stroma

  
• What are the different compartments of a chloroplast and their functions?

  • Outer membrane: Protects the chloroplast
  • Intermembrane space: Space between the outer and inner membranes
  • Inner membrane: Selectively permeable inner barrier
  • Stroma: Fluid-filled space containing enzymes for light-independent reactions (Calvin cycle)
  • Thylakoid: Flattened membrane sacs containing photosystems and electron transport chains
  • Granum: Stacks of thylakoids maximizing surface area
  • Stroma lamellae: Connect grana, allowing movement of molecules within stroma

  
• Where do the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis take place within the chloroplast?

  Stroma

  
• What are the main structural components of a chloroplast?

  • Outer membrane
  • Inner membrane
  • Intermembrane space
  • Thylakoids
  • Stroma
  • Stroma lamellae
  • Granum

  
• Why are chloroplasts considered energy-producing organelles?

  Because they convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis

  
• What are the two main membranes surrounding a chloroplast?

  • Outer membrane
  • Inner membrane

  
• What are the key components of the chloroplast's internal structure?

  • Lumen
  • Thylakoid
  • Stroma lamellae
  • Intermembrane space
  • Granum
  • Stroma

  
• What are grana in a chloroplast?

  Stacks of thylakoid disks that maximize surface area for photosynthesis

  
• What is the stroma in a chloroplast?

  The fluid-filled space outside the thylakoids, where the light-independent reactions (Calvin cycle) occur

  
• How do the structure of grana facilitate the efficiency of photosynthesis?

  By maximizing surface area of thylakoid membranes for more photosystems to function simultaneously

  
• What are the different compartments of a chloroplast and their functions?

  • Outer membrane: Protects the chloroplast
  • Intermembrane space: Space between the outer and inner membranes
  • Inner membrane: Selectively permeable inner barrier
  • Stroma: Fluid-filled space containing enzymes for light-independent reactions (Calvin cycle)
  • Thylakoid: Flattened membrane sacs containing photosystems and electron transport chains
  • Granum: Stacks of thylakoids maximizing surface area
  • Stroma lamellae: Connect grana, allowing movement of molecules within stroma

  
• What are thylakoids in chloroplasts?

  Stacks forming structures called granum
• What is the primary function of chloroplasts?

  Convert light energy to chemical energy
• What is the function of the outer membrane of chloroplasts?

  Protection