CHLOROPLAST

• KEY FEATURES OF A CHLOROPLAST?

  • outer membrane
  • inner membrane
  • thylakoid
  • grana
  • intergranal lamellae
  • stroma
• WHAT SHAPE IS A CHLOROPLAST?

  disc-shaped
• LENGTH OF A CHLOROPLAST?

  2 - 10 micrometres
• DIAMETER OF A CHLOROPLAST?

  1 micrometre
• MEMBRANE OF A CHLOROPLAST?

  double
• WHAT ARE GRANA?

  stacks of up to 100 thylakoids
• WHAT DOES A THYLAKOID CONTAIN?

  photosynthetic pigment (e.g. chlorophyll)
• WHAT STAGE OCCURS IN A THYLAKOID?

  light-dependent stage
• WHAT IS THE STROMA?

  fluid-filled matrix
• WHAT DOES THE STROMA CONTAIN?

  other structures, e.g. starch grains
• WHAT STAGE OCCURS IN THE STROMA?

  light-independent reaction