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The primary function of the leaf is to produce food for the plant. Plants make food through photosynthesis, a process in which chloroplasts convert sunlight into ATP which is energy for the plant.
Logically, if a plant makes food for the plant it must have the tools to do so, which is why it has many chloroplasts for its food making processes.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoSome plant cells have more numbers of chloroplasts because their habitat does not provide them with sufficient food. Example:- The Cactuses and other desert plants.
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∙ 10y agoChloroplasts take in sunlight, H2O, and CO2, and turn it into C6H12O6, which is used as food for the plant. So basically, without chloroplasts, plants don't get food and they die.
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What type of plastids are in hydrilla leaf cells?
Hydrilla are photosynthetic plants.So they have chloroplasts.
How a palisade cell is adapted to make food for the plant?
The palisade cells have many chloroplasts to capture light energy for the leaf to make the food for the plant.The cell wall and other parts of the cytoplasm are transparent to let the light through.The oblong shape allows many of the cells to park closely together at the top of the leaf so that as much light as possible is trapped.Palisade cells use the light energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.
How can you describe the similar cells that make up the make up epidermis tissue in the leaf and how other tissues have different shapes of cells?
The similar cells that make up epidermis tissue is chloroplasts. Other tissues have different shapes of cells because the chloroplasts are bigger so it is a different size than other tissues cells.
What structure does a plant cell have that animal cells do not have?
The cell wall is a structure that plant cells, bacteria cells, and fungal cells have but animal cells do not.Chloroplasts are organelles that plant cells have but bacteria cells, fungal cells, and animal cells do not.
What happen when leaf boil in alcohol what the alcoholl remove from the leaf?
Boiling a leaf in alcohol removes its chlorophyll, so the leaf loses its green colour.
The vast majority of chloroplasts found in a leaf are located where?
Palisade mesophyll... because that is where the energy from the sun is trapped, therefore the plant needs to have many chloroplasts in order to capture the light energy. The palisade cells are long and wide in order to increase the surface area of contact with the sun..
What type of plastids are in hydrilla leaf cells?
Hydrilla are photosynthetic plants.So they have chloroplasts.
Why are there so many chloroplasts in a leaf?
Leaves are the main sites of photosynthesis, and chloroplasts are the organelles in which photosynthesis takes place.
Why are photosynthetic cells mainly on the upper side of the leaf?
The upper part of the leaf is were the most sunlight hits the leaf, so due to adaptations, chloroplasts moved to the upper parts of leaves.
Where in the leaf is chloroplasts found?
technically yes... they are found every where. There are cells inside the plant that are stacked on top of each other. Those cells are everywhere in the plant, including the leaves and stem. The cells contain the chloroplasts so technically yes they are located in the leaf, but are also located throughout the plant.
Why do palisade cells contain so many chloropasts?
Palisade cells contain lots of chloroplasts because they are located on the side of the leaf that gets exposure to direct sunlight.
How a palisade cell is adapted to make food for the plant?
The palisade cells have many chloroplasts to capture light energy for the leaf to make the food for the plant.The cell wall and other parts of the cytoplasm are transparent to let the light through.The oblong shape allows many of the cells to park closely together at the top of the leaf so that as much light as possible is trapped.Palisade cells use the light energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.
How can you describe the similar cells that make up the make up epidermis tissue in the leaf and how other tissues have different shapes of cells?
The similar cells that make up epidermis tissue is chloroplasts. Other tissues have different shapes of cells because the chloroplasts are bigger so it is a different size than other tissues cells.
Why do palisade cells contain so many chloroplasts?
Palisade cells contain lots of chloroplasts so they can trap a lot of light energy.
Which plant cell might not contain any chlorplasts?
Most chloroplasts are in the interior cells in leaves, termed themisspell, and the cells near the surface of green stems. Many leaf and stem epidermal cells lack chloroplasts. The epidermis is the outermost layer of cells on non-woody plant parts. A pair of guard cells surround each leaf stomata. Guard cells usually have chloroplasts. Cells in xylem and phloem tissue also usually lack chloroplasts. Xylem and phloem provide structural support and internal transport of water, minerals and organic compounds in plant organs.Most underground plant cells lack chloroplasts because chloroplasts require light for their development. Thus, underground organs such as roots, bulbs,tubers, corms and rhizomes would generally lack chloroplasts. However, underground cells often have other kinds of plastids, such as amyloplasts, which store starch. Underground plant organs may develop some chloroplasts if exposed to light.Window leaf plants have fleshy leaves that are buried in the soil with just the top showing above ground. The window leaves have many cells in the top center of the leaf that are transparent and let light reach the chloroplast-containing cells on the sides of the leaf. The transparent cells lack chloroplasts.Parasitic plants, such as Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) and dodder, lack chlorophyll so have no chloroplasts. White or yellow tissue in variegated-leaf plants also lack chloroplasts. Albino plants also lack chlorophyll. Many non-green flowers and fruits lack chloroplasts at maturity.
Why the epidermal cells do not have chloroplasts?
Chloroplasts are necessary for photosynthesis. This must in some way be necessary to operate the opening and closing of stoma. The neighboring epidermal cells do not have chloroplasts and do not require large amounts of energy from photosynthesis do to their simple job of being the "skin" of the leaf. These epidermal cells are fed by lower layers which do have chloroplasts.
What 2 plant cells don't have chloroplasts?
onion cells dont contain chloroplasts as they are underground so cant photosynthesise
