Plant Cells 2.5

Question 1

Cell Wall

Answer 1

Made of cellulose and use to make the cell rigid and protect it from any pathogens.

Question 2

Vacuoles

Answer 2

Made of a cell sap and used to make the cell more solid and structured, also to make the cell maintain its turgor. It has a membrane called the tonoplast which is selectively permeable. They can also exist in animal cells.

Question 3

Chloroplasts

Answer 3

Responsible for photosynthesis and only in green parts of plants. Double membrane and stroma inside. The grana is joined by lamellae. It’s responsible for the green pigment in photosynthesis. Starch produced is turned into starch grains.

Question 4

Thylakoid

Answer 4

Flattened sacs

Question 5

Grana

Answer 5

The stacked up thylakoids and contains chlorophyll pigments

Question 6

Lamellae

Answer 6

The membranes that bind the grana together

Question 7

Starch grains

Answer 7

When starch is formed in photosynthesis, it is made into starch grains.