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Endosymbiosis suggests that the prokaryotes engulfed small prokaryotes. The larger prolaryote provided nutrients and the smaller prokaryote supplied ATP molecules.

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Chloroplasts have their own DNA.So they reproduce alone.

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Chloroplasts are very small.One is not enough for survival.

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Q: Why are there several chloroplasts in a plant cell?
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What has a cell wall and several chloroplasts?

They are distinct in plant cells.Never in animal cells.


What kind of cells has chloroplasts?

The only cell that has chloroplasts is plant cell


Are chloroplasts only present in the plant cell cytoplasm?

Chloroplasts are present in plant cell cytoplasm and in some of the protists cells.


What has a cell wall and chloroplasts?

Plant cells contain both chloroplasts and cell walls. Animal cells have cell membranes instead of cell walls and mitochondria instead of chloroplasts. Prokaryotes, such as bacteria and archaea, may have cell walls, but have no membrane-bound organelles such as chloroplasts.


What do the chloroplasts do for the plant cell?

It helps the plant do photosynthesis.

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Would a plant cell die if it lost its chloroplasts?

No, there are several living cells in the plant without chloroplasts.


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 has a cell wall and several chloroplasts?

They are distinct in plant cells.Never in animal cells.


What structure is found on a plant cell but not on a animal like cell?

There are several cells. They are chloroplasts,cell wall,glyoxisomes etc


What structure is found on a plant but not on a animal like cell?

There are several cells. They are chloroplasts,cell wall,glyoxisomes etc


What kind of cells has chloroplasts?

The only cell that has chloroplasts is plant cell


Is chlorophyll or chloroplasts in animal or plant cell?

Chloroplasts along with cell walls can only be found in plant cells.


What is the function of the plant cell that contains many chloroplasts?

The function of a plant cell that contains many chloroplasts is photosynthesis.


Where in the plant cell does photosynthesis occur?

Within Chloroplasts.


Is chloroplasts found in the plant or animal cell?

the chloroplast is found in both animal and plant cells.


What cell has chloroplasts onion cell or elodea cell?

Both. Both cells are plant cells and plant cells have chloroplasts. (Elodea is the waterweeds)


Where does photosynthesis occur in a plant cell?

It occurs in chloroplasts