Why are chloroplasts important to animals?

Answer 1

Chloroplasts in plants, are part of the vital system of photosynthesis. This allows a plant to convert sunlight into nourishment for the plants, and by extension, nourishment for plant eating animals, who gain nutrients from the plants, and by the carnivores that feed on those plant eating animals. Additionally, being part of the process of photosynthesis, allows the plant to generate breathable oxygen, permitting an ecosystem to exist.

Answer 2

Chloroplasts are important to animals indirectly because they are responsible for photosynthesis in plants, which forms the basis of the food chain. Animals feed on plants or other animals that have fed on plants to obtain energy. Additionally, chloroplasts help to regulate oxygen levels in the atmosphere through the production of oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis.

Answer 3

There is no chloroplast in the animal cell. The chloroplast is in the plant cell. It is in the plant cell because it contains chlorophyll which means the plant can do photosynthesis.