Chloroplast — Science definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- The organelle holding chlorophyll, where photosynthesis captures light energy and builds glucose; absent from root cells. (Life Science & Scientific Inquiry)
- The organelle in plant and algal cells where photosynthesis takes place; it is packed with the pigment chlorophyll. (Life Science: Biology)
Where it is taught
- Plant, Animal & Other Cell Types — Cells, Transport & Cellular Energy, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
- Photosynthesis — Matter & Energy in Living Systems, Life Science: Biology, Grade 10
In use
All of this happens inside the chloroplast, the green organelle you met in earlier biology as a plant cell's built-in solar panel.
Photosynthesis
Taught alongside
- cell wall
- vacuole
- turgor
- specialized cell
- photosynthesis
- chlorophyll
- light-dependent reactions
- Calvin cycle