Comments (-1). We would like to extend a warm welcome toMr. Aaron Eyler, Principal of Matawan Aberdeen Middle School,who will be starting in our district in late October.Please click here for a letter from Mr. Eyler to the MARSD community. We would like to extend a warm welcome toMr.
Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to produce food for the plant. Chloroplasts capture light energy from the sun to produce the free energy stored in ATP and NADPH through a process called photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are one of the many unique organelles in the body, and are generally considered to have originated as endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.
Chloroplasts are the site for photosynthesis, which comprises a set of light-dependent and light-independent reactions to harness solar energy and convert it into chemical energy. In addition to this the components of chloroplast participate in several regulatory functions of the cell as well as in photorespiration. detailed account of the structure and functions of chloroplasts has been provided below. Chloroplasts are located in the parenchyma cells of plants as well as in autotrophic algae. They are oval-shaped organelles having a diameter of 2 - 10 Âµm and a thickness of 1 - 2 Âµm.