Combined Science GCSE
Chloroplasts
What Chloroplasts means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Green structures containing chlorophyll that absorb light energy for photosynthesis and are found mainly in leaf cells.
Light is absorbed by chlorophyll inside these, so the energy transfer is from the environment to them by light.
Organelles in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs, containing the green pigment chlorophyll.
Structures packed into palisade mesophyll cells that absorb light energy for photosynthesis.
Found in plant cells, these contain chlorophyll and absorb light for photosynthesis.
Topics that use Chloroplasts
- Animal and plant cells (AQA GCSE)
- Photosynthetic reaction (AQA GCSE)
- Plant tissues (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Photosynthesis
- Aerobic respiration
- Air spaces
- Cell membrane
- Cell structure and function
- Cell wall
- Cytoplasm
- Endothermic
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