Where are chloroplasts found?
-cells of photosynthesising tissues
Where is the highest conc of chloroplasts found?
-palisade mesophyll cells
How many membranes is a chloroplast surrounded by?
-two membranes
Stroma is / contains
-fluid-filled, contains lipid droplets and starch grains
-many closed, flattened sacs called thylakoids
What do chloroplasts contain? and what do they allow the chloroplasts to do?
-70s ribosomes
-circular DNA
-make own proteins and self replicate
What is a sac of thylakoids called?
granum
What is found in the thylakoids?
-chlorophyll