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Why are a plant cell chloroplasts green?

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Because they trap sunlight.

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Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll in them.They make chloroplasts green.

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Where are chloroplasts in the cell?

Chloroplast is the green organelle in a plant cell.


What colour is the chloroplasts in a plant cell?

It is green in color. They make the plants green


Why are plant cell's chloroplasts green?

because they contain chlorophyll


What part of the plant cell helps make it green?

Chloroplasts


What is in a plant cell but not in the animal cell?

a plant cell has a cell wall made of cellulose, and it has a large vacuole. also, there will be chloroplasts if the plant is green


Why do plant cells have chloroplasts and a rigid cell wall and animals cells dont?

The chloroplasts make the plant stem green.


What cell has a cell wall many organelles including mitochondria a nucleus a vacuole and several chloroplasts?

Plant cell. Animal cells don't have chloroplasts...or else you'd be green!


What is the name of the structure in a plant cell that is green and makes food for the plant?

chlorophyll in the chloroplasts


Where does photosynthesis occur and in what part of the cell?

Photosynthesis is the process that a plant does to create food for itself. It takes place in the chloroplasts- which contain chlorophyll which is a green pigment that makes the plant green.


What does the Chloroplast do inside of the plant cell?

Chloroplasts produce all of the energy for the plant cell by using photosynthesis. (Energy from the sun.) Chloroplasts are also what cause a plant to be green, because they manufacture chlorophyll, a green pigment unique to plants.


What makes a plant stem green?

Some plants have green stems because of the chloroplasts within each plant cell. Although we generally think about the leaves of a plant having chloroplasts and making 'food' for the plant- the cells of the main stem of the plant, or its branches may also have chloroplasts. Chloroplasts can be easily seen through a microscope and look like flat green disks inside the cell.


What is the chloroplasts in a cell?

The chloroplasts are the part of cell that contains a green pigment called chlorophyll to give the leaves of the plants a green color and to allow the plant to carryout photosynthesis.