Question

Explain why chloroplasts are found only in plant cells.

Answer 1

Chloroplast:

1. The chloroplast is an organelle consisting of chlorophyll pigments.
2. To aid photosynthetic reactions, these pigments capture light energy.

Plants contain chloroplast because:

1. Plants can produce food by converting light energy to energy because they are autotrophs.
2. It is the most important photosynthetic pigment in leaves.
3. It absorbs all wavelengths of sunlight, including red, orange, and blue.
4. The leaves are green because chloroplast reflects green light.