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Chloroplast

Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to
produce food for the plant.
Chloroplasts capture light energy from the sun to produce the free energy stored in ATP and
NADPH through a process called photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts are one of the many unique organelles in the body, and are generally considered to
have originated as endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.
In this respect they are similar to mitochondria, but are found only in plants and protista.
Both organelles are surrounded by a double celled composite membrane with an intermembrane
space; both have their own DNA and are involved in energy metabolism; and both have
reticulations, or many infoldings, filling their inner spaces.
Algae
Algae (singular alga) encompass several different groups of living organisms that capture light
energy through photosynthesis, converting inorganic substances into simple sugars using the
captured energy.
Algae have been traditionally regarded as simple plants, and some are closely related to the
higher plants.
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is a green photosynthetic pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria.
Chlorophyll absorbs mostly in the blue and to a lesser extent red portions of the electromagnetic
spectrum, hence its intense green color.
Green substance in producers that traps light energy from the sun, which is then used to combine
carbon dioxide and water into sugars in the process of photosynthesis Chlorophyll is vital for
photosynthesis, which helps plants get energy from light.
Chlorophyll molecules are specifically arranged in and around pigment protein complexes called
photosystems, which are embedded in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts.

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