Identify the following parts and label them in the figure of chloroplast given below.
(i) Part of the chloroplast where pigments are present.
(ii) Fluid part of the chloroplast
Answers
Answer:
1- The green pigment chlorophyll is located within the thylakoid membrane, and the space between the thylakoid and the chloroplast membranes is called the stroma .
2 - Stroma, in botany, refers to the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast.[1]
Cell biology
Chloroplast
Chloroplast mini.svg
Components of a typical chloroplast
1 Granum
2 Chloroplast envelope
2.1 Outer membrane
2.2 Intermembrane space
2.3 Inner membrane
3 Thylakoid
3.1 Thylakoid space (lumen)
3.2 Thylakoid membrane
4 Stromal thylakoid
5 Stroma ◄ You are here
6 Nucleoid (DNA ring)
7 Ribosome
8 Plastoglobulus
9 Starch granule
Within the stroma are grana (stacks of thylakoid), and the sub-organelles or daughter cells, where photosynthesis is commenced[2] before the chemical changes are completed in the stroma