Why does chloroplast give plant cells the advantage over the animal cell?

Answer 1

The chloroplast does not give plant cells any type of advantage at all.

More Info: As cells go, each cell performs well within it's own environment.

However, chloroplasts do allow the plant cell to produce it's own food (making it a producer), through a process called photosynthesis. The process takes light energy and chlorophyll (and several other chemicals) to make glucose. Glucose is then used by the cell as it's energy source. Plant cells can use their own glucose.

Animal cells need to take in (making animals consumers instead of producers) an energy source that eventually is converted to glucose. Ultimately, animal cells cannot perform photosynthesis because they don't have chloroplasts.

Answer 2

It allows plants to carry out photosynthesis, which allows them to convert carbon-dioxide and water into sugar as a source of energy. Animals however have a digestive system that can absorb energy faster and allows animals to use more energy than plants. So animal cells don't really need chloroplasts, so chloroplasts wouldn't be of any advantage to most animals.

Answer 3

in many ways it does, the process of photosynthesis is very helpful to plants and trees, but its in their DNA stucture. evolution has given plants the unique ability to create food from sunlight as they cannot move or fend for themselves, animals don't need this as they can get their own food. but one disadvantage of photosynthesis is that a plant or tree in a place with little or no light cannot thrive and so will die, this happens rarely though as the methods of seed dispersion are very effective thats a very basic view on the subject, if you want a more in-depth explanation just ask

Answer 4

They Can Photosynthesis And Therefore Crate There Own Energy From Sunlight Instead Of Having To Digest Food To Get There Energy :)

Answer 5

I suppose that the ability to make your own food and building materials from sunlight, carbon dioxide, a few trace minerals and water could be termed an advantage.

Answer 6

Yes, plant cells can produce their own food whereas animals have to find and consume their food sources. That is what plants are the most successful living organism on Earth.

Answer 7

Yes of course it gives. Plants have no competition for food or it is minimized.

Answer 8

because they generate their own nutrience