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The mitochondrian and chloroplast used to be separate prokaryotic entities. Larger prokaryotes would consume smaller ones. Since the mitochondria was larger than the choloroplast, it would consume it and become one.
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What organelle is responsible for converting food into energy?
Mitochondria and Chloroplasts are involved in energy conversion.
What organelles that have a double membrane?
Nucleus Mitochondria
Which organelle releases oxygen?
Chloroplasts
What organelles provide the Cell with usable energy?
The mitochondria and chloroplasts. The mitochondria makes ATP that is then used in cell processes and chloroplasts use light energy to make carbohydrates that can be used for energy by the cell
Does cellular respiration occur in chloroplast?
No, chloroplasts arn't even involved in respiration.
Which is used as evidence for the idea that the domain Eukarya evolved from unicellular organisms?
Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA.
What are mitochondria the descendants of?
She suggested that michondria and chloroplasts are descendents of prokaryotic endosymbionts.
Why do animal cells not have chloraplast?
Chloroplasts (as well as Mitochondria) are endosymbionts. This means that they are cells, living within another cell. Historically, eukaryotic cells had no mitochondria or chloroplasts (and mitochondria and chloroplasts existed by themselves outside of cells). The current hypothesis is that a cell tried to engulf a mitochondria (by phagocytosis) but failed in digesting it. Over time, some of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) became part of the host cell's genome. This cell is a common ancestor to both plants and animals, which is why both have mitochondria. A cell with mitochondria then did the same thing with chloroplasts, absorbing one, and taking some of its ctDNA etc. Because not all cells that had mitochondria absorbed chloroplasts there were cells with mitochondria only, and cells with mitochondria and chloroplasts. The ones with chloroplasts evolved to become plant cells, and those without evolved to become animal cells.
Where do we think mitochondria and chloroplasts came from?
They are thought to evolved from bacteria. Symbiotic living have turned them into organelles
Is used as evidence for the idea that multicellular organisms evolved from prokaryotes?
Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA.
How mitochondria or chloroplasts evolved?
Endosymbiotic theory describes the evolution of mitochondria and chloroplast.According to it,photosynthetic bacteria and aerobic bacteria engulfed by a eukaryotic cell turned into chloroplast and mitochondria.
What is used as evidence for the idea that the domain Eukarya evolved from unicellular organisms?
mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA
What is used as evidence for the idea of a domain Eukarya evolved from unicellular organisms?
Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own dna
What organelle is responsible for converting food into energy?
Mitochondria and Chloroplasts are involved in energy conversion.
What are the similarities between mitochondria an chloroplast?
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are organelles. Mitochondria are used in cellular respiration and chloroplasts are used in photosynthesis. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are opposite processes. Both are believed to have evolved from a living single celled bacteria that was engulfed by an early form of a plant or animal cell. Therefore, both mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA. Furthermore, they both have free ribosomes. NOTE! they both DO NOT have 2 membranes. chloroplasts have 3 membranes
What organelles are associated with ednosymbiont theory?
The mitochondria. They contain a small amount of their own DNA.
What organelles that have a double membrane?
Nucleus Mitochondria
