Chloroplast

Chloroplast

A cell organelle, once a free bacterium, that holds chlorophyll. Symbiotic with mitochondria, as shown by biologist Lynn Margulis.

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chloroplast

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A disk-like organelle with a double membrane, found in some protists and all green plant cells, that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.

chloroplast

Archaeology; Evolution

A structure (or organelle) found in some cells of plants; its function is photosynthesis.

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Biology; Cell biology

Disk-like organelles with a double membrane found in eukaryotic plant cells; contain thylakoids and are the site of photosynthesis. ATP is generated during photosynthesis by ...

chloroplast

Anatomy; Surface anatomy

Tiny part of a cell in green plants and some algae. Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplast.

chloroplast

Biology; Marine biology

In eukaryotic organisms, the cellular organelle in which photosynthesis takes place,

chloroplast

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Specialized cytoplasmic organelle that contains chlorophyll. Lens-shaped and bounded by a double membrane, chloroplasts contain membranous structures (thylakoids) piled up into ...

ecosystem

Biology; Ecology

A biotic system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms in a particular area with their environments, is named as ecosystem.

climax

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The steady, end stage in ecological evolution of a variety of plant and animal species is termed as climax.

ground water

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Ground water, as opposed to surface water, is water that does not run off, and is not taken up by plants, but soaks down into an aquifer; a supply of fresh water under the earth’s ...

manure

Biology; Ecology

Animal wastes that are added to soil as a fertilizer. Manure is usually made from the wastes of horse, cow, and chicken.

ecology

Biology; Ecology

The scientific study of the relationships between living things and their environments is called ecology.

habitat

Biology; Ecology

An organism's native environment.

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