Question

Explain the structure of chloroplast with a neatly label diagram.

Answer 1

Chloroplast is a "kitchen of plant cell" as it involved in the synthesis of carbohydrates in plants. It is broadly divided into three parts namely:

a) Membrane: Chloroplast is double walled organelle viz. it contains inner and outer membrane.
b) Stroma corresponds to the cytoplasm of chloroplast. It also serves as site for dark reaction of photosynthesis to take place.
c) Thylakoids/ Granum: Thylakoids contains chlorophyll that absorbs light. Stacks of thylakoids are known as granum.