The cytoplasm of the cells of a tomato plant contains organelles X having different pigments which impart different colours to the leaves of the tomato plant and its fruits.
(a) What is the general name of the organelles X?
(b) What is the (i) name (ii) colour, and (iii) function, of organelles X present in the leaves of the tomato plant?
(c) What is the colour of organelles X which are present in the ripe fruits of the tomato plant?

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(a) Plastids
(b) (i) Chloroplasts (ii) Green (iii) Help in the making of food in leaves of the plant by photosynthesis
(c) Red colour

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(a) Plastids (b) (i) Chloroplasts (ii) Green (iii) Help in the making of food in leaves of the plant by photosynthesis (c) Red colour

(a) Plastids
(b) (i) Chloroplasts (ii) Green (iii) Help in the making of food in leaves of the plant by photosynthesis
(c) Red colour