Tuesday, February 23, 2010

chloroplast and mitochondrion



Why the mitochondrion and chloroplast are designed the way they are:

the chloroplast creates glucose by using photosynthesis, in photosynthesis the chloroplast uses the energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide to a sugar called glucose

The glucose is then sent to the mitochondrion. Where on the inner membrane or cristae a reaction called cellular respiration happens in this reaction the mitochondrion harnesses the energy within glucose to make an energy called ATP

The atp is used as a battery and is sent to other organelles to power their reactions


this is a picture of the chloroplast the organelle that creates glucose



this is a picture of the mitochondria the organelle that uses glucose to create ATP a special energy used to power other cells

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