Question

Simran went to the garden with her mother. She observed that leaves of all the plants were green but flowers were of different colours. She was astonished by the beauty of mother nature. She asked her mother for the same. Her mother replied that the cells of a plant contains organelles X having different pigments which impart different colours to the flowers leaves of plants and its fruits. Simran was not satisfied by her mother’s answer. Help Simran in clearing her concept by answering the following questions.
a) What is the general name of the organelles X ?
b) What is the (i) name (ii) colour, and (iii) function, of organelles X present in the leaves of the plant?
c) What is the name given to the organelle that gives colours to flowers and fruit?

Answer 1

Answer:it happens because of plastids